TABULATION Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

tabulation

noun

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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One of the questions, directed to David Hunt, director of finance for Entergy Arkansas, asks him to explain the reasoning for the classification of the payments.

— Sydney Sasser, Arkansas Online, 1 Sep. 2026
Week 2 rankings now reflect a shakeup at multiple classification levels heading into a marquee matchup between the area’s two top teams.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of classification

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Hence, retail traders will gain a cheaper and more precise way to speculate on crude, but production, consumption, inventories and geopolitics will remain the dominant forces setting prices.

— Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026
Long maintenance periods can reduce the number of submarines available for deployments even when the vessels remain counted in the fleet’s overall inventory.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of inventory

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Good visual organization and logical categorization can bypass that mental load, though.

— Osman Koc, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
The regulations also establish a process through which a player may seek a change in categorization by demonstrating that no competitive advantage would result.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of categorization

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Doing the homework But Lerner expects the bull market to remain intact, saying the current environment appears to reward active investing rather than passive indexing.

— Sarah Min, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
Much as low-cost indexing reduced the value of active management that did not consistently add value, AI may raise expectations across the industry and focus attention on areas where advisors offer insight, judgment and perspective.

— Alex Shahidi, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of indexing

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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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