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as in counter
a leg-mounted piece of furniture with a broad flat top designed for the serving of food
we sat at the kitchen table, playing cards for hours on end
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as in meal
food eaten or prepared for eating at one time
always offers a well-prepared table for his guests
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as in list
a record of a series of items (as names or titles) usually arranged according to some system
the periodic table of chemical elements
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as in food
substances intended to be eaten
the table that the innkeeper set out each morning made for a bountiful breakfast indeed
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as in to shelve
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Recent Examples of table
Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Feb. 2026
Photos of Diana and Charles’s dining room reveal regal red drapes, a bamboo dining table and matching chairs, and dark wood furniture.
—Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 5 Feb. 2026
Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2026
If something starts to go downhill, table it.
—Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 1 Jan. 2026
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Noun
There's also La Patisserie for coffee and pastries throughout the day; the interior space is lovely, but the outdoor tables unfortunately sit at the edge of the arrivals driveway.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Feb. 2026
Photos of Diana and Charles’s dining room reveal regal red drapes, a bamboo dining table and matching chairs, and dark wood furniture.
—Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 5 Feb. 2026
Verb
After hearing from more than 30 speakers among the standing-room-only crowd, the school board voted unanimously to table the discussion and return to it later.
—Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2026
If something starts to go downhill, table it.
—Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 1 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for table
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Its reduced weight and compact architecture are intended to support rapid relocation after firing, allowing the launcher to limit exposure to counter-battery fire.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Feb. 2026
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Meanwhile, Mbappe grabbed his 38th goal of the season in all competitions from a 91st-minute counter-attack to seal the points.—
Mario Cortegana,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Bélanger notes that most midlife women benefit from aiming for about 25 to 35 grams of protein per meal, and choosing meals in that range consistently helps support lean mass and metabolic health.—
Rita Templeton,
Flow Space,
13 Feb. 2026
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Amid a meal of beet salad, mushroom potpie, and chocolate cake, a murder disrupted the convivial proceedings, and the thirty or so guests attempted to suss out the culprit.—
Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
13 Feb. 2026
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The result was a tibial plateau fracture in her left leg.—
Chadd Cripe,
Idaho Statesman,
8 Feb. 2026
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Then, in early 2025, her weight loss hit a plateau.—
Bethany Brookshire,
Scientific American,
6 Feb. 2026
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Alaniz is meeting with architects Fanning Howey to get a list of projects ready for the School Board’s review and approval.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Feb. 2026
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Rocket Arena – 19,432 capacity See the full list of CNBC’s Official 2026 NBA Team Valuations.—
Michael Ozanian,
CNBC,
13 Feb. 2026
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Last year, Republicans passed legislation to reduce spending on federal health programs and food assistance, largely by imposing work requirements on people receiving aid and by shifting certain costs onto the states.—
ALI SWENSON,
Arkansas Online,
9 Feb. 2026
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The amount spent over a lifetime includes annual costs of food, veterinary services, grooming and insurance.—
Cheryl V. Jackson,
IndyStar,
9 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Any ballot that comes back from one of the 170 voters that the elections office hasn’t been able to contact will be held out and not tabulated to give a voter more time until the March 10 election to receive and submit a new ballot.—
Anthony Man,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Feb. 2026
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Votes were tabulated by the accounting firm Lutz and Carr.—
Rob Maaddi,
Twin Cities,
6 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The plan encountered pushback and was shelved.—
Daniel Estrin,
NPR,
13 Feb. 2026
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Projects with Rick Rubin and with the Texas producer Beau Bedford followed, and some were shelved.—
Joseph Hudak,
Rolling Stone,
11 Feb. 2026
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Moore Threads, which went public on Shanghai’s Star board in December , closed about half a percent higher.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
8 Feb. 2026
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Family-Friendly Offerings Riverside Ravel and its sister ships don’t have age minimums—but didn’t see any children on board.—
Janice Wald Henderson,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Feb. 2026
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“Table.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/table. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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