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as in count
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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as in to score
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 tally
Noun
The final tally represents more than a 10% jump in giving year-over-year. Boston Herald Staff, Boston Herald, 4 June 2025 At least 1,157 measles cases have been reported in the US this year, according to a CNN tally using data from state health departments. Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 4 June 2025
Verb
That’s when the owners combed over old balance sheets and surveillance footage from both locations, tallied the losses and called police. Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 3 June 2025 The Trinity League co-champion tallied a 7-over-par score of 362 to finish nine shots behind champion Stevenson (353), a private school in the Monterey Peninsula. Dan Albano, Oc Register, 3 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for tally
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Noun
  • Now, Ramirez has pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California said in a June 12 news release.
    Julia Marnin, Sacbee.com, 13 June 2025
  • Abrego Garcia faces one count of conspiracy to transport aliens and one count of unlawful transportation of undocumented aliens after a grand jury in Tennessee returned a sealed indictment against him in May.
    Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 13 June 2025
Verb
  • This name was given due to the corresponding farming season of picking strawberries, according to the Old Farmer's Almanac.
    Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 12 June 2025
  • That corresponds to a timeline of its operations outlined by prosecutors in their charging document against Lopez and his four co-defendants.
    Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 June 2025
Verb
  • The Rays scored their next run when Taylor Walls laid down a one-out bunt with runners on first and third.
    Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 15 June 2025
  • The lead, however, didn’t last long as the Mets scored five unanswered, headlined by Starling Marte’s two-run single in the fifth that made the score 5-1.
    Fiifi Frimpong, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 June 2025
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  • Ocean with David Attenborough premieres June 7 on National Geographic and begins streaming June 8 on Hulu and Disney+, coinciding with World Oceans Day.
    Simon Perry, People.com, 7 June 2025
  • Miami-Dade County officials assure that the project remains on schedule for a 2027 reopening, coinciding with the theater’s centennial.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 7 June 2025
Verb
  • In Feeding Ghosts, the disconnect between Sun Yi’s training and instincts as a journalist, and the requirements of the increasingly totalitarian Communist regime to make reality conform to their narrative, literally drove her insane.
    Rob Salkowitz, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
  • In ruling in favor of Harris, Contreras said the statutory protections for board members from being removed without cause conform with the Constitution in light of a 1935 Supreme Court precedent in a case called Humphrey's Executor v. United States.
    John Kruzel, USA Today, 23 May 2025
Verb
  • Buy with a Side of Volatility Lululemon checks nearly every box: strong growth, solid profitability, and a fortified balance sheet, with the only drawback being its susceptibility during market downturns.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
  • The deputy, who also was not identified, was taken to a hospital to be checked for possible head injuries and was last reported in good condition.
    Brian Bell, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 June 2025
Verb
  • In the polls, men and women agreed about what constituted harassment.
    Karlyn Bowman, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
  • Snyder agreed that weather remains a major concern for summer travel, and the usual advice for dealing with that applies.
    Zach Wichter, USA Today, 29 May 2025
Verb
  • Now that school had begun, Joyce was more confident and was trying to fit in.
    Susan Cunningham Euker, Baltimore Sun, 14 June 2025
  • What difficulties were there in figuring out how these different styles would fit together?
    Kambole Campbell, Variety, 14 June 2025

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“Tally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tally. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.

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