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Definition of talliesnext
plural of tally
as in counts
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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verb

present tense third-person singular of tally
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as in scores
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 tallies
Noun
The Kings went into the break down 4-3, with five of those seven goals coming off turnovers and the other two being Toronto power-play tallies. Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 5 Apr. 2026 Burns has 11 tallies this season, joining Hall of Famer Nicklas Lidstrom as the only defensemen in league history to notch double-digit goals at 40 or older. ABC News, 3 Apr. 2026 In fact, official government tallies show that foreign direct investment last year was $288 billion — slightly less than the previous year and below average for the last 10 years. Scott Horsley, NPR, 2 Apr. 2026 On an individual level, Mikael Granlund, who powered the Ducks’ overtime win with a hat trick that accounted for all their scoring in Calgary, saw his four-game goal streak conclude with seven tallies on the same night McDavid extended his push to four contests (five goals). Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 29 Mar. 2026 Up 2-0, Michigan extended its lead with second-period tallies from Nick Moldenhauer and Kason Muscutt. Barry Scanlon, Boston Herald, 28 Mar. 2026 Earlier this month, Bianco’s office seized over 1,000 boxes of ballots cast in the November 2025 special election after a local group claimed elections officials had inflated vote tallies, which Riverside County Registrar of Voters Art Tinoco denied. Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 26 Mar. 2026 The City of Milwaukee is on pace to have similar homicide numbers to last year, based on year-to-date tallies. Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 21 Mar. 2026 Holloway tallies assists and makes space off the dribble. Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2026
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The Ball State recruit also tallies 30 kills in two nonconference matches. Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026 To be clear, the ledger now tallies only what companies pay, not what people lose—the asthma attacks, hospitalizations, shortened lives, or deaths. Andrew Behar, Fortune, 1 Apr. 2026 The Jeff Marr Law Firm tallies 183 cases in Oklahoma and other states. J.c. Hallman, Oklahoman, 27 Feb. 2026 According to Michigan Tech, which also tallies snowfall totals, Houghton County in 2023 saw 12 inches of snow in May. Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 10 Feb. 2026 The analysis tallies the annual cost of housing, transportation and other necessities for each of the 50 largest cities by population, drawing from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Federal Reserve and other sources. Jordan Green, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 16 Jan. 2026 Finaret was game to test out the new MAHA guidelines using Masters’ spreadsheet, which tallies up the cost per day of a diet that aims to meet daily recommendations for nutrients like protein, fat, fiber, and calcium. Sarah Todd, STAT, 16 Jan. 2026 The list tallies the top 20 surging Vocaloid tracks on Japan‘s video-sharing platform Niconico Douga by applying Billboard Japan’s proprietary weighting to data such as views, number of creations, comments and likes. Billboard Japan, Billboard, 23 Dec. 2025 The analysis tallies the annual cost of housing, transportation and other necessities for each of the 50 largest cities by population, drawing from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Federal Reserve and other sources. Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 13 Dec. 2025
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  • Alexander William Schecter, 26, was charged with kidnapping to commit another crime, first-degree residential robbery, two counts of forcible oral copulation and forcible rape, all of which are felonies, according to a news release shared by the DA's Office.
    Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • He was later charged with three counts of battery with injury on a police officer and one count of resisting an executive officer.
    Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 6 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • In her experience, 15% often corresponds to about 33 pounds (15 kilograms).
    Nicole Hernandez, USA Today, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The center of the image corresponds to the water column directly beneath the sonar device and appears dark.
    John Femiani, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The example helped the Bruins get through a night when an offense that typically scores 84 points per game was held to its lowest output of the season.
    Haley Sawyer, Daily News, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Reese Atwood gets Texas the lead with a 2-RBI single up the middle that scores Kayden Henry and Leighann Goode.
    Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 3 Apr. 2026
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  • Leverkusen’s admiration for Hurzeler coincides with doubts about the viability of his longevity at the Amex Stadium after fierce criticism from sections of the fanbase.
    Andy Naylor, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2026
  • For Bunny World Foundation — the Southland’s most active rabbit rescue organization — spring is the worst time of year, as the post-Easter dumping phenomenon coincides with rabbits’ natural breeding season to create an overwhelming influx of unwanted bunnies.
    City News Service, Daily News, 30 Mar. 2026
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  • Through gestures big and small, Bruce Friedrich conforms to the archetype of a lifelong anti-meat crusader.
    Andrew Zaleski, The Atlantic, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The strategy conforms to Avylo's mission of ensuring precision indoor environments are affordable and convenient to contemporary homes.
    Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
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  • Speck agrees, adding that while high versus low porosity doesn’t exclusively determine frizziness, there are also many clients that fall somewhere in the middle of the spectrum—and this is especially true, as Clifford notes, if hair is color-treated.
    Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Hannah Rejali, an advocate for Kansas City Public Schools, agrees.
    Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • According to The New York Times, Hegseth intercepted the Army’s promotion list, which consists mostly of white men, and struck off four officers—two Black men and two women—preventing them from advancing from colonel to brigadier general.
    Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Events like this also provide a way to bring the increasingly popular active-travel segment into the safari world, which, despite its rugged reputation, consists largely of being ferried about in Land Cruisers.
    Tom Vanderbilt, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Mar. 2026

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