tabulate
verb (used with object)
to put or arrange in a tabular, systematic, or condensed form; formulate tabularly.
was tabulating
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past progressiveof tabulate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Still, the SEC said, Edison should have told investors how it was tabulating its impressive revenue growth.
From Time Magazine Archive
A corps of clerks was tabulating returns, comparing official and semi-official reports.
From The Ear in the Wall by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve
Inwardly Patsy was tabulating why Billy Burgeman had not gone to his friend when Marjorie Schuyler failed him.
From Seven Miles to Arden by Ruth Sawyer
The Duke was tabulating his own material and preparing his next charge of ammunition.
From The Ghost Breaker A Novel Based Upon the Play by Charles Goddard
Bobby was tabulating the known results of this subscription with much satisfaction one morning when Ferris walked into his office.
From The Making of Bobby Burnit Being a Record of the Adventures of a Live American Young Man by James Montgomery Flagg
