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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
In addition to 50 Years – Don’t Stop, the band’s Greatest Hits appears on a duo of tallies, though not the same two, while Rumours can be found on half a dozen lists. Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026 Both Haas’ and Mercedes’ tallies on day one this year were more than five teams managed through that entire Jerez test, which stretched over four days. Luke Smith, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2026 The song holds atop each list, after debuting atop the tallies in October. Gary Trust, Billboard, 26 Jan. 2026 Two tallies for each candidate would indicate how many votes were from party regulars and how many from independents. Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026 Beyond human rights tallies, a separate medical working paper reviewed by Fox News Digital suggests the death toll may be far higher. Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 26 Jan. 2026 Georgia Murray collected two goals and three assists, including the game-winner in overtime, while Annie Lough added two tallies as Bishop Feehan edged Malden Catholic 5-4 in nonleague action. Kevin Barrucci, Boston Herald, 25 Jan. 2026 Mata, 26, was one of the thousands of volunteers who safeguarded vote tallies during the 2024 vote. Nbc News, NBC news, 8 Jan. 2026 This tallies with what Bank of America Research’s Head of US Equity & Quantitative Strategy, Savita Subramanian, told Fortune in August about how companies have learned in the 2020s to generally replace people with process. Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 7 Jan. 2026
Verb
And so far, that tallies 400 pounds of ground beef each week. Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 23 Jan. 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 Other times, the book sounds like a droning Christmas-card letter, as Sarkozy endlessly tallies his friends and foes. Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 13 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 For its part, DOGE still has a website that tallies its cost-reduction efforts and claims $214 billion in savings. Jason Ma, Fortune, 23 Nov. 2025 At the end of each month, an official review board of experts and officers verifies each strike, tallies the points, and releases a list of the best-scoring teams. Simon Shuster, Time, 24 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tallies
Noun
  • Authorities have charged Banda with terrorism, arson and possession of child pornography, among other counts.
    Curt Devine, CNN Money, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Officers then transported him to the Joliet Police Department, where he was processed on six counts of first-degree murder in connection with the shooting.
    Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The power unit corresponds of how these things are measured in any other (way).
    Luke Smith, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
  • Players choose a card, which offers a category like pizza toppings or cartoons, and take turns shouting out a word that fits the category and corresponds to a letter on the board that hasn’t already been used.
    Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 31 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Norman Powell scores more as a complementary component.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2026
  • If the first team scores a touchdown, the other team gets a possession to tie (and, therefore, extend) the game with a touchdown of its own.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • That was the preliminary benchmark revision, an annual first-look estimate that coincides with the release of the first-quarter QCEW data.
    Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 11 Feb. 2026
  • That trend coincides with an increasingly powerful presidency and a Supreme Court majority that encouraged it.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The knee-high design works in the same way as the tights, offering compression to improve circulation in a fashionable design that conforms to your shape.
    Jillian Dara, Travel + Leisure, 11 Jan. 2026
  • The force utilized by Sterling Heights Police Officer conforms to Michigan law, as well as applicable agency policy, standards, and guidelines.
    Paula Wethington, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Samantha Lawler, an associate professor of astronomy at the University of Regina, agrees, stressing that objects so bright will muddy astronomy—and more.
    Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention agrees that untreated periodontitis can make chronic conditions, such as diabetes, worse.
    Sara Moniuszko, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Its customer base consists primarily of legacy businesses that operate outdated backend technology stacks, including large banks, telecom companies and even the Department of Defense.
    Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 7 Feb. 2026
  • The work consists largely of worksheets and coloring pages, parents say.
    Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 6 Feb. 2026

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