Examples of tabulate in a Sentence
A machine is used to tabulate the votes.
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For decades, billions of dollars in advertising have been transacted on Nielsen ratings that tabulate how many people saw a TV program or commercial, and, also on how many people of a certain age or gender did as well.
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Brian Steinberg, Variety, 9 May 2026
In the pre-digital era, the RIAA — the trade organization which certifies gold, platinum, and diamond sales and streaming awards — simply tabulated the number of physical singles that were shipped to retailers.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 15 Apr. 2026
Following in Pauli’s footsteps, scientists involved in the effort carefully tabulate the electrons’ energies to make stringent measurements of any excess energy that went into making the counterpart neutrinos.
—Quanta Magazine, 8 Apr. 2026
One requires election records to be maintained for 22 months, while the other prohibits procuring, casting or tabulating false, fictitious or fraudulent ballots.
—CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
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Brian Steinberg, Variety, 9 May 2026
In the pre-digital era, the RIAA — the trade organization which certifies gold, platinum, and diamond sales and streaming awards — simply tabulated the number of physical singles that were shipped to retailers.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 15 Apr. 2026
Following in Pauli’s footsteps, scientists involved in the effort carefully tabulate the electrons’ energies to make stringent measurements of any excess energy that went into making the counterpart neutrinos.
—Quanta Magazine, 8 Apr. 2026
One requires election records to be maintained for 22 months, while the other prohibits procuring, casting or tabulating false, fictitious or fraudulent ballots.
—CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
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“Tabulate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tabulate. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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tabulate
verb
tab·u·late
ˈtab-yə-ˌlāt 
tabulated; tabulating
: to count and record in an orderly way
tabulate votes
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