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[tal-ee] / ˈtæl i /




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New U.S. jobless claims fell by 2,000 to 197,000 in the latest weekly tally from the Labor Department.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

The Bayern Munich striker became his nation's joint-highest appearance-maker on Tuesday at Wembley, netting twice in the 3-0 win over Czechia, taking his tally to 91 goals in 125 caps.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Japan's tally included gold for Yuki Kurihara, who won an eSports competition aged 11, believed to make him the youngest Games champion in history.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

It’s unclear how many people are affected, but in July, a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention concluded that an accurate tally would “far exceed” the CDC’s 2022 estimate of 450,000 Americans.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

Their tally was exact with the list, and they had nothing to add except that the boxes were “main and mortal heavy,” and that shifting them was dry work.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

By the end of September, total funding tallies this year climbed to $12.7 billion, the highest January through September total since Pinpoint began tracking cyber startups in May 2020.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

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

The report tallies symptoms and the diagnosis of 1,306 patients who were treated at mobile clinics during a roughly six-week period after the fire started June 17.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

An annual filing that tallies every large employer’s workforce by race and sex nudges companies toward that kind of statistical management.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

The left column tallies the probability, based on all past meetings between the two wrestlers fighting that day, that the 7—7 wrestler will win.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

When Hurts dropped back to pass on third down, attempting to salvage the game, he was stripped by linebacker Byron Young, who tallied 2.5 sacks in the game.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Since the start of this year, Yemen has tallied nearly 8,000 suspected cholera cases, including 22 deaths, and more than 9,600 dengue cases, including 37 people who had died, according to the WHO.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

At those events, Kerr is directly representing his country - there are national medal tables in which the triumphs achieved by compatriots are tallied up together.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

Still, USC tallied more than 500 total yards in an otherwise ho-hum debut, with star quarterback Jayden Maiava completing 25 of 29 passes for 286 yards and three total touchdowns.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026

And then, after our troubles were tallied up like those points at the basketball game, we would celebrate being alive.

From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi

Defensive tackle Luke Wafle, meanwhile, continued his streak of early dominance by tallying a team-leading seven tackles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

Election observers said that while polling day was largely peaceful, some have raised questions about the vote tallying process.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 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

U.S. stocks finished higher on Tuesday, with the S&P 500 tallying its first record closing high since early June and capping off its strongest four-day percentage-point gain since April 2025, Dow Jones Market Data showed.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026

The early Greeks, for instance, used the word "fiving" to describe the process of tallying.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife


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