tabulation

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Recent Examples of tabulation The troubling tabulation comes as Hollywood seeks to turn the page from a gut-punching year that included the Los Angeles wildfires, ongoing declines of local film and television production and the deaths of beloved filmmakers. Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2026 The extended tabulation process, marked by disputes among candidates and election authorities, fueled public distrust and raised concerns about the integrity of Honduras’s electoral system. Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 25 Dec. 2025 Research shows the cost, time demands and risk of human error make hand-counting far less reliable than machine tabulation, and fewer than 1% of Americans live in jurisdictions with the manual process. Tracey McManus The Dallas Morning News, Arkansas Online, 7 Dec. 2025 In recent years, Halley fought for better tabulation of viewers of CBS and Paramount’s cable networks via their digital platforms, refusing for a time to sign a new deal with Nielsen and instead setting up a ratings contract with VideoAmp, a rival audience measurement service. Brian Steinberg, Variety, 1 Dec. 2025 Keep in mind, this tabulation doesn’t take into account other possible exemptions on homeowners’ tax bills, such as a homestead exemption. Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tabulation
Noun
  • No one needs an enumeration of all the positive effects of exercise, on health, on social connections, on self-esteem, or otherwise.
    Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2025
  • But first consider the majority of the text of the Declaration: a stirring enumeration of specific grievances by the American colonists against the British crown.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 July 2025
Noun
  • Prior to North Crowley’s state title in 2024, a school from the city hadn’t won the UIL’s largest classification championship in 75 years.
    Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Jan. 2026
  • That vice chancellor of belonging title may be an even more classic ZooMass job classification than last year’s winner, with Carolyn Brownawell.
    Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 7 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • For stores, these codes help streamline the checkout process, reduce pricing errors, and help with inventory.
    Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Median single-family home sale price is $409,500 Many would-be homebuyers have been priced out of the market due to constraints on inventory, prices that have surged over the last five years and elevated mortgage rates.
    Sarah Agostino, CNBC, 27 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • This deceptive categorization is devoid of reality and misleads the American public.
    CBS News, CBS News, 19 Jan. 2026
  • In the case of digital assets, surface level similarities such as the use of cryptography, digital wallets, and online platforms made broad categorization a practical starting point.
    Susie Violet Ward, Forbes.com, 19 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • From a consumer point of view, Asian shoppers are over-indexing with indie brands; Black and Hispanic shoppers engage with them at a relatively similar rate, and white shoppers drive the lowest share of sales in the category.
    Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Our tasters were after a Bloody Mary mix that checked all the boxes—spicy, savory, slightly salty, with a pure tomato flavor—without over-indexing on any single facet.
    Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Perfidy was mentioned in the 1863 Lieber Code, which laid out rules of conduct for the Union Army during the American Civil War and is known today as the first modern codification of the laws of armed conflict.
    Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 21 Jan. 2026
  • No one offers a better example of how to make that case than Frederick Douglass, the fugitive slave, abolitionist, and eventual statesman involved in the codification of birthright citizenship in 1868.
    Time, Time, 12 Nov. 2025

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“Tabulation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tabulation. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.

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