tallies 1 of 2

plural of tally
as in counts
a total number obtained or recorded by noting each thing as it was being added the final tally for worshippers at Sunday services was 126

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tallies

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verb

present tense third-person singular of tally
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as in scores
to gain (as points or runs in a game) as credit towards one's total number of points our team tallied four touchdowns and gained a total of 435 yards last game

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Recent Examples of tallies
Noun
According to electoral tallies collected by the opposition, which CNN’s analysis found to be legitimate, Maduro won about 30% of the vote in last year’s election. Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025 In Venezuela’s July 28, 2024, presidential election, the democratic movement led by Machado mobilized more than a million volunteers across the country to monitor and collect digital copies of official voting tallies, known as actas, before Maduro’s security forces could seize them. Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 5 Nov. 2025 For complete Macomb County tallies, go here. Christina Hall, Freep.com, 5 Nov. 2025 The Commanders won't have given up on the season yet with six tallies in the loss column and eight games yet to play. Max Dible, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025 But in every case, the networks hope to draw a broader audience interested in what the evening’s tallies might mean for the nation – and perhaps convince them to stick around for more in days to come. Brian Steinberg, Variety, 3 Nov. 2025 Early voting tallies already indicate a historic turnout in an off-year election. Bart Jansen, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025 One reliable account tallies 41 of these in the region from 1898 to 1994. Alan McPherson, The Conversation, 2 Nov. 2025 Hundreds of thousands of volunteers trained as election observers to ensure a transparent and fair election; Citizens across the country stood watch over the polling stations to make sure the final tallies were documented before the regime could destroy ballots and lie about the outcome. Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
At the end of each month, an official review board of experts and officers verifies each strike, tallies the points, and releases a list of the best-scoring teams. Simon Shuster, Time, 24 Sep. 2025 Everyone tallies up what is picked up. Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025 Providence 5-0 (5) Abbey Knight tallies 45 kills in four matches as Celtics win Wilmington Tournament. Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025 That video was the first of what has since expanded into an all-encompassing price breakdown content page, where Wilson tallies up pieces from everything from Bama Rush outfits to back-to-school hauls. Tabitha Parent, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025 When Victoria Mboko tallies up her Canadian Open, the positives column will be overflowing. James Hansen, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2025
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Noun
  • Christina Leona Cowens, 41, was initially arrested last week on suspicion of felony grand theft, along with misdemeanor counts of unlawful disposal of human remains and attempting to conceal a death.
    Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Unlike the Taurids, the Leonids last less than a week, with maximum hourly counts near 10, though this varies from year to year.
    Joe Rao, Space.com, 10 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • This new forecast corresponds to upside of around 11%.
    Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2025
  • The o1 model correctly produced two different syntactic trees, one that corresponds to the first interpretation of the sentence and one that corresponds to the latter.
    Steve Nadis, Quanta Magazine, 31 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In the show, the song scores Joanne’s sister Morgan’s (Justine Lupe) engagement party, through which Joanne and Noah are struggling after getting into a fight.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The average monthly mortgage in Blythe is $1,332, while the Riverside County city scores 71 out of 100 on livability.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • This coincides with an uptick in the number of Americans using weight loss drugs, known as Type 2 antidiabetic GLP-1 drugs with brand names like Ozempic and Wegovy, between 2024 and 2025.
    Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2025
  • The timing of the donation coincides with the announcement Thursday of the Carol Burnett Endowed Undergraduate Scholarship in Music Theater.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 6 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Golub said the project fully conforms to Antioch’s General Plan, zoning standards, and housing element requirements and that the city had already confirmed its compliance.
    Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The high-compression fabric conforms to the body, while the double-layered waistband ensures a secure fit.
    Jacqueline Tempera, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In exchange for Lee burying the Indian Head Hills land-deal story — which, on paper, looked like a candidate taking a bribe from Trip and the Nazis — Donald agrees to give up the land.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Howard, also a mom of three, agrees that exhaustion alters decision-making.
    Melissa Willets, Parents, 4 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Media segment revenue was $765 million for the quarter, down 16%; that segment consists primarily of broadcast TV stations and includes multicast networks and original content.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 5 Nov. 2025
  • This episode — which consists almost entirely of characters sharing formative incidents from their pasts — is an unusually blunt device for delivering backstory.
    Scott Meslow, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025

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