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
  • The Big Ten’s seven-year deal, with Fox as the primary rights-holder that sub-licenses inventory to NBC and CBS, expires at the end of the decade.
    Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2026
  • The cost of buying a home in the US has surged in recent years, fueled by historically low inventory and mortgage rates above 6%.
    Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 9 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • For example, L'Oréal’s researchers released a study in 2007 that analyzed curl patterns using objective measures from hundreds of people across multiple continents, proposing an 8-type categorization system instead of 4.
    Hendra Jacobs, Allure, 23 Dec. 2025
  • The movie itself defies easy categorization, and intentionally so.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 19 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Media coverage tends to ignore the long-term nature of private markets while over-indexing on the short-term realities of investing.
    Will Dunham, Fortune, 8 Dec. 2025
  • Distributed by Maoyan locally, the Japanese anime juggernaut delivered the highest Imax opening weekend box office gross, attendance and indexing ever for a Japanese title in China.
    Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 16 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Such codification is also a key driver of value for buyers looking to acquire attractive companies.
    Michael Ashley, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025

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“Tabulation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tabulation. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.

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