TABULATION Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

tabulation

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Definition of tabulation

as in enumeration

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Recent Examples of tabulation The clerk's office is preparing equipment and procedural updates ahead of the November 2026 general election, including tabulation methods to prevent a recurrence. — Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026 The incident highlighted in the declassified materials, however, concerns the security of voter registration information rather than ballots or vote tabulation. — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 6 Aug. 2026 An extended tabulation could hurt the party’s credibility and damage the nominee, South Carolina backers argued. — Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 24 July 2026 The potential for fraud and long delays in tabulation can undermine confidence in elections, especially when voters have formed expectations of efficient and competent election administration. — Andrew E. Busch, The Conversation, 23 July 2026 David Ulloa Jr Glendale vote tabulation machines are back up, according to voters at the Glendale ASU West polling location. — Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 21 July 2026 The board will handle other areas, including election day voting, ballot tabulation and voting location equipment maintenance. — Josh Kelety, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026 Erickson’s lawyer, Justin Smith, said his party asked for only a single master report at the end of absentee tabulation. — Angela George, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 8 July 2026 The tabulation is already higher than Moody’s last estimate of the war’s cost to households. — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 1 July 2026

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Noun

Females, minors &c are excluded from the polls, but are included in the enumeration of persons on whom representation is apportioned.

— Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026
The drafts were messy, but, in reality, so, too, were the handwritten ones—their own version of chaos with arrows, enumerations, and strikethroughs.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 May 2026

Definition of enumeration

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Ultimately, a diagnosis is made using the 2016 American College of Rheumatology/European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology (ACR/EULAR) classification criteria.

— Julie Scott, Verywell Health, 15 Sep. 2026
Her death has been ruled a homicide, Brackney said on Friday, noting that the medical examiner's office made the classification on Thursday, a month after Fortune's autopsy was completed.

— Tesfaye Negussie, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026

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The Skypod robots move through the storage structure to retrieve inventory and bring it to operators at the picking stations, replacing much of the walking associated with traditional warehouse picking.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2026
The Question Boards Should Keep Asking Technology will continue to change, which means today’s inventory of AI applications will inevitably become outdated.

— Simone Grimes, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of inventory

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Amy Brooks President of Global Business Development At the risk of over-indexing, another former Stanford player who has spent two-plus decades in the NBA.

— Chantel Jennings, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Some publications may remove articles from search engine indexing, but this is uncommon and typically requires a strong justification.

— Victoria Marshall, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of indexing

Noun

Unlike the majority of the Mishnah—the codification of the Jewish Oral Law—Pirkei Avot has very little Halakhic content and instead emphasizes general ethical matters conveyed through aphorisms attributed to ancient rabbinic sages.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 July 2026
The codification of what became soccer Public school graduates took their versions of the game with them to the next level.

— Thomas Adam, The Conversation, 29 May 2026

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