as in classifies
to arrange information in an organized way so that it can be studied, recorded, etc.
Officials tabulated the scores. A machine is used to tabulate the votes.
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Recent Examples of tabulates
Follow along as the AP tabulates votes and calls races.
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ABC News, 3 Mar. 2026
Both parties had to sign a contract with the county's election office, which tabulates the results.
—Claire Osborn, Austin American Statesman, 18 Jan. 2026
One shows the most dangerous jobs that pay less than $60,000 a year, and the other tabulates the highest-paying jobs that are also dangerous.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
ABC News, 3 Mar. 2026
Both parties had to sign a contract with the county's election office, which tabulates the results.
—Claire Osborn, Austin American Statesman, 18 Jan. 2026
One shows the most dangerous jobs that pay less than $60,000 a year, and the other tabulates the highest-paying jobs that are also dangerous.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tabulates
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Though the city's online neighborhood map technically classifies the site as part of downtown, Long's identifies as a Haughville institution that has served doughnuts to west siders for four generations, serving up to 1,000 customers each day out of its pale-yellow sided building.—
Alysa Guffey,
IndyStar,
1 Apr. 2026
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SmartAsset used the Pew Research definition of middle class for its report, which classifies middle class as an income between two-thirds and double a region’s median income.—
Caden Perry,
jsonline.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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This article was generated by the Bay Area Home Report Bot, software that analyzes home sales or other data and creates an article based on a template created by humans.—
Bay Area Home Report,
Mercury News,
4 Apr. 2026
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But the decade-long decline in violent crime isn’t unique to either city, said Zubin Jelveh, an assistant professor at the University of Maryland who analyzes crime data.—
Stella Canino-Quinones,
Baltimore Sun,
3 Apr. 2026
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Naturalists and marine biologists regularly survey the island’s flora and fauna, as well as coral health and water quality, while a sustainability manager assesses how to strengthen long-term environmental stewardship across the property.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
31 Mar. 2026
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Part of the suit test assesses the crew's ability to rapidly don and pressurize their suits, pressurize them and get strapped into their seats.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
31 Mar. 2026
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This technology arranges pocketed coils in a honeycomb-style hexagonal matrix rather than traditional straight rows, allowing weight to be distributed more evenly across the mattress surface.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
25 Mar. 2026
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In Morocco, Alex Wix of Wix Squared frequently arranges Sahara journeys with a private astronomer to interpret the constellations.—
Mark Ellwood,
Robb Report,
14 Mar. 2026
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“Tabulates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tabulates. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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