spreadsheet
Americannoun
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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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noun
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Origin of spreadsheet
Vocabulary lists containing spreadsheet
Computer Science and Technology - Middle School
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If keeping track of rewards points through a chart or spreadsheet and regularly checking your credit-card portal just isn’t your thing, then a cash-back card could be for you, Patel said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
Cooley has created a Google Form for interested residents to use and he keeps a spreadsheet of the responses in a clipboard on his car’s dashboard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
If you’re not, you’ve got to use money, which is hard to get, whereas you get shares by typing zeros into a spreadsheet.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
The EVE Online super-fan who contacted the BBC about this war shared a complex spreadsheet and believes gamers' assets worth £700,000 were lost.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
With a click she shrank the spreadsheet and like magic there it was: a window listing the patients in just the period she’d wanted.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
"I've got my spreadsheets out everyday. We're not counting our chickens yet, but I feel like we should be ok," said Brian Guthrie from Inverness.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
Fellowship spreadsheets I obtained several years ago list Pulte as attending the 2015 and 2016 prayer breakfasts, one year with his wife.
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2026
“Like spreadsheets and email before it, the technology will ultimately make workers more productive.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
Artificial-intelligence agents scrape a bakery’s spreadsheets to help manage its growth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 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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