spreadsheet
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spreadsheets
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Accounting. a worksheet that is arranged in the manner of a mathematical matrix and contains a multicolumn analysis of related entries for easy reference on a single sheet.
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Digital Technology.
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a type of software that offers the user a visual display of a simulated multicolumn worksheet and the means of using it especially for financial plans and budgets.
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a single document created with this software.
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Computer Science and Technology - Middle School
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ProPublica and the Tribune sent Paxton a spreadsheet detailing travel for which there was no record that he was on state business and asked him to provide additional information if the trips were not personal.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
For that you need to check table 3.2 in the CBO’s “10-Year Budget Projections” spreadsheet, available here.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
Reddit forums offer tips and even spreadsheet benefit trackers, and Facebook groups for each card can be helpful, if overwhelming.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
However, a Starbucks fan known online as Winter compiled a spreadsheet of likely stores based on locations listed as closed for the coming week in the company’s app, according to SFGate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
When I reviewed the spreadsheet that listed everyone in South Carolina and Florida who had been responsible for my case, I was amazed by how many there were.
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
The agencies use different data systems, and even different Google spreadsheets, to produce their reports and often have different bureaus within them managing different housing programs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
For example, Mwedziwendira uses AI to brainstorm how to structure weekly priorities and create spreadsheets for her tasks.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
Through spreadsheets they have to keep track of things like ammunition, food, fuel, water, even down to the rate at which water evaporates depending on the heat.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
Corporate restructurings and AI use have automated away many of the repetitive tasks junior staffers used to do, like drafting reports or pulling data into spreadsheets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
Once we had that basic interoperable platform, then the killer applications— spreadsheets and word processing—drove its diffusion far and wide.
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
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