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as in count
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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as in to score
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 tally
Noun
The final tally represents more than a 10% jump in giving year-over-year. Boston Herald Staff, Boston Herald, 4 June 2025 At least 1,157 measles cases have been reported in the US this year, according to a CNN tally using data from state health departments. Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 4 June 2025
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That’s when the owners combed over old balance sheets and surveillance footage from both locations, tallied the losses and called police. Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 3 June 2025 The Trinity League co-champion tallied a 7-over-par score of 362 to finish nine shots behind champion Stevenson (353), a private school in the Monterey Peninsula. Dan Albano, Oc Register, 3 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for tally
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Noun
  • Sconce eventually pleaded guilty to 21 criminal counts — including for mutilating corpses, holding mass cremations and hiring hit men — and was sentenced in 1989 to five years in prison.
    Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2025
  • Panasonic wins on word count, which is more of an amusing side note since OM and Panasonic often vie for the lengthiest lens names in the industry.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 31 May 2025
Verb
  • The photograph corresponds, complements, or even dissolves the sculptural object’s manual and artisanal production procedures, functioning not as document but as its dialectical technological counterpart.
    Benjamin H. D. Buchloh, Artforum, 1 June 2025
  • By contrast, the total income in their domestic league in 2022 was just €16m (note that Sheriff’s European income was split across their 2021 and 2022 financial years, so doesn’t correspond to the single-season income from UEFA).
    Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 31 May 2025
Verb
  • The Sparks scored 27 points and had a 10-point lead going into the second quarter.
    Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
  • After trailing early, the Padres scored four runs while batting around in the seventh.
    Dennis Lin, New York Times, 2 June 2025
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  • Ocean with David Attenborough premieres June 7 on National Geographic and begins streaming June 8 on Hulu and Disney+, coinciding with World Oceans Day.
    Simon Perry, People.com, 7 June 2025
  • Miami-Dade County officials assure that the project remains on schedule for a 2027 reopening, coinciding with the theater’s centennial.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 7 June 2025
Verb
  • In Feeding Ghosts, the disconnect between Sun Yi’s training and instincts as a journalist, and the requirements of the increasingly totalitarian Communist regime to make reality conform to their narrative, literally drove her insane.
    Rob Salkowitz, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
  • In ruling in favor of Harris, Contreras said the statutory protections for board members from being removed without cause conform with the Constitution in light of a 1935 Supreme Court precedent in a case called Humphrey's Executor v. United States.
    John Kruzel, USA Today, 23 May 2025
Verb
  • After speaking with Whitney, police checked the hotels and motels in Wenatchee as well as the camping roster at the state park, and then the wider area.
    Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 8 June 2025
  • Muir, along with Linsey Davis, moderated last September’s presidential debate, and Trump and his allies attacked the network when the duo at times fact checked some of Trump’s claims.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 8 June 2025
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  • In the polls, men and women agreed about what constituted harassment.
    Karlyn Bowman, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
  • Snyder agreed that weather remains a major concern for summer travel, and the usual advice for dealing with that applies.
    Zach Wichter, USA Today, 29 May 2025
Verb
  • Then, scroll down for more beach essentials at Amazon, all of which will fit perfectly into your new wagon.
    Izzy Baskette, People.com, 2 June 2025
  • The most likely fits Carolina Hurricanes No contending team will have a bigger need for a star offensive player and as much cap space as the Hurricanes, who figure to be aggressive this July 1 given another disappointing exit.
    James Mirtle, New York Times, 2 June 2025

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“Tally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tally. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.

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