tally
noun
an account or reckoning; a record of debit and credit, of the score of a game, or the like.
tallying
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present participleof tally.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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In 1862 there was no accurate tallying, but in a state of 400,000 people, as many as 4,000 may have died.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
It certainly doesn’t hurt to have Mosley, who notched his second consecutive 100-yard game, tallying all of his 104 yards and two touchdowns in the second quarter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
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
By tallying the accumulated genetic differences in Haplogroup A members, Bonatto and Bolzano calculated that Indians had left Asia thirty-three thousand to forty-three thousand years ago, even earlier than estimated by Wallace and Neel.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
