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tables

  • plural
    of table.
    table
    noun
    an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports.
  • present tense form
    of table (3rd person singular).
    table
    noun
    an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports.

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It doesn’t matter how many tables there are, or how long you’ve been waiting: Nobody gets a table until someone gets up.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

The insurance company, using bond yields and actuarial tables, works out what sort of interest rate it can pay on average to a large pool of customers of a particular age.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

It would be easy to look at all of this — the card tables, homemade jingles, wagons stacked with brightly colored boxes — and see only an exceptionally cute American ritual.

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026

“You’re talking about it at kitchen tables and movie theaters and on talk shows, and that discourse really matters when you’re trying to effect change.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

There were stacks of them atop marble side tables and windowsills.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova