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tally

[tal-ee] / ˈtæl i /




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Officials contend the discrepancy between the computer count and the paper tally is “a good deed that went punished” — the result of exhausted officials being handed an extra-credit project they couldn’t quite execute.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 24, 2026

Yet an early tally of receipts indicates sales in July declined 0.8%, the first drop since the end of 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

At least six Kyiv markets have been damaged or destroyed since Russia invaded in 2022, according to an AFP tally.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

The VIX was on track to finish at around 15.66 on Tuesday, a notably low level considering that the S&P 500 was set to tally a third straight day of losses.

From MarketWatch Aug. 18, 2026

My presence was noted each fall by the campus press office in its proud tally of Hispanic-American students enrolled; my progress was followed by HEW statisticians.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

Second, the ITC tallies Iran's exports using mostly the import numbers reported by its trading partners - owing to the difficulty in getting up to date export data from Iran.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

Despite our effort, it is possible some capital cases may still be included in our final tallies before the 2017 term.

From Salon Jul. 3, 2026

Unsheltered homelessness, which tallies the people living outside or in their vehicles, fell by a larger margin, declining 14% across the county and 17.5% within L.A. during that period.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 30, 2026

There are no tallies of individual profits and losses, like at other firms, encouraging collegiality.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 20, 2026

She tallies the score and, for the first time ever, I’m actually winning.

From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon

Forty-six of the cases tallied by The Post involved Flock equipment.

From Salon Aug. 17, 2026

Observer missions called for parties to tone down inflammatory statements as the votes cast on Thursday were tallied, and some teams extended their deployment because of the tensions.

From Barron's Aug. 15, 2026

The consensus profits tallied by Wall Street analysts, often called “Street earnings,” typically exist to accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

Based on Leuthold’s research, when margin growth has reached the highest decile relative to history, the S&P 500 has tallied an average 12-month drop of 0.5% on a forward basis.

From MarketWatch Jul. 13, 2026

When the votes were tallied, Stanton was elected president, Anthony was elected vice president, and Stone became chair of the executive committee.Stanton accepted the position but returned to England immediately after the convention.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

Mundubile, who trailed behind with 38%, plans to challenge the outcome in court after alleging the tallying process had been tampered with.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

With ongoing uncertainty about when the conflict in Iran will end, finance chiefs are tallying up the damage as a fresh wave of earnings reports rolls in.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

“Fed watching has now become vote tallying, understanding the stance of each voter,” Bianco said.

From MarketWatch Jul. 25, 2026

The slog of tallying up votes in California continued Friday as some races hang in the ballots.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 5, 2026

I was busy tallying that question on my mental scoreboard, so that was what was on my mind.

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller




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