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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
Sánchez argues that ballots cast by Peruvians abroad should be invalidated because the government, at the request of the Foreign Ministry, eliminated digital transmission of runoff results, requiring tally sheets to be physically transported to Lima. Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 24 June 2026 That film, starring David Corenswet as the Man of Steel, ignited to $125 million and ended its run with $618 million, a promising enough tally amid the overall decline of comic book adaptations. Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 24 June 2026
Verb
Georgia’s current election system uses a QR code printed on ballots to tally the votes. Sudhin Thanawala, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2026 Angel Reese starred again for the Dream on Thursday night in Indianapolis, tallying her 10th double-double of the season in a 108-101 win over the Fever. Ajc Sports, AJC.com, 19 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for tally
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Noun
  • John Alite, 63, a councilman in Englishtown, NJ, was charged Friday with multiple counts of extortion, corporate misconduct and other charges, New Jersey's Attorney General said in a news release.
    Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 20 June 2026
  • His father and grandfather are counts.
    ABC News, ABC News, 20 June 2026
Verb
  • The most popular team kits this year are for Mexico, Argentina, Spain, France and USA, while corresponding player jerseys from Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappé and Lamine Yamal are also selling quickly, thanks to their performances on the pitch (and overall star quality to boot).
    Tim Chan, Footwear News, 22 June 2026
  • The cameras, not so much hunting as scavenging, fed the numbers and their corresponding locations into a national database owned by a company that sells the information.
    Paige Williams, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
Verb
  • Pittsburgh scored in the top quarter of cities nationwide.
    Finch Walker, USA Today, 23 June 2026
  • Mbappé, one of two men to have a hat trick in a World Cup final, scored his 13th and 14th World Cup goals in France's 3-1 tournament-opening victory against Senegal.
    CBS News, CBS News, 22 June 2026
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  • Trump is expected to deliver remarks, and the event coincides with the Great American State Fair and a FIFA World Cup watch party on the National Mall.
    Christopher Cann, USA Today, 24 June 2026
  • With the country cash-strapped, the Arab Spring of 2011 set off a wave of mass migration into Europe, which coincided with the widespread perception that the extra numbers were placing further strains on already creaking resources of jobs, housing and healthcare.
    Alexander Smith, NBC news, 23 June 2026
Verb
  • See the event website for more details and to check for updates.
    Finch Walker, USA Today, 26 June 2026
  • Bring extra food and water, fuel up your vehicle in town, prepare for longer travel times than expected, check weather forecasts, and bring essentials for backcountry travel.
    Jamie Siebrase, Denver Post, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • This design maximizes ocean views while conforming to the slope across five or possibly more levels.
    Sandra Barrera, Oc Register, 19 June 2026
  • The Pride in Production initiative from Pink Triangle Press has key industry backing and aims to drive more acceptance for Two spirit, trans, non-binary and gender non conforming people working in Canada’s screen sectors.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2026
Verb
  • The team agreed to acquire wing Aaron Wiggins from the Thunder in exchange for two second-round picks, according to a person familiar with the situation.
    Lauren Williams, AJC.com, 22 June 2026
  • Most experts and laypeople would agree that today’s AI is not sentient.
    Rob Toews, Forbes.com, 22 June 2026
Verb
  • The show’s dramatic romance and journey of self-growth seems to fit in line with something Austen would’ve imagined for her characters.
    Arushi Jacob, Variety, 25 June 2026
  • Scott Penn, senior landscape architect for the city of Fort Worth, said a standard community center is 25,000 square feet, which does not fit the five-acre park.
    Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 June 2026

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“Tally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tally. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.

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