tallies 1 of 2

noun

plural of tally
as in counts
a total number obtained or recorded by noting each thing as it was being added the final tally for worshippers at Sunday services was 126

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tallies

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verb

present tense third-person singular of tally
1
as in corresponds
to be in agreement on every point our lists for best movies of the year tally perfectly

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2
as in scores
to gain (as points or runs in a game) as credit towards one's total number of points our team tallied four touchdowns and gained a total of 435 yards last game

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Recent Examples of tallies
Noun
The group began promoting the project this spring with a slew of singles, one of which is currently on the rise on various Billboard tallies. — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026 It’s been a long five years since Hamaguchi’s Drive My Car rode a rave of critical support to a Best Picture nomination off of miniscule box-office tallies. — Joe Reid, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2026 Part of the reason Jordan doesn’t have more tallies on the list is because his 1986 Fleer rookie card isn’t super scarce. — Larry Holder, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026 In 2024, when the National Electoral Council proclaimed Nicolás Maduro the winner of the presidential election without publishing the results, opposition tallies indicated the opposition candidate, Edmundo González, had won. — Catherine Ellis, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2026 There could still be additional cases confirmed to state and national tallies as the public health investigation continues. — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026 Christenson estimated that this delay will push back the final tallies by roughly an hour. — Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 11 Aug. 2026 The Legacy allowed a season-high four goals, with three of those tallies coming within the first 10 minutes of the game, as Portland topped Boston, 4-3, at Centreville Bank Stadium. — Greg Dudek, Boston Herald, 9 Aug. 2026 And the overwhelming recognition of the vote tallies is that 500,000 more Democrats voted than did Republicans in that election. — NBC news, 9 Aug. 2026
Verb
Player of the Week Senior outside hitter Quinn Grevengoed tallies 92 kills and 15 aces in seven matches and then is named MVP for host Chicago Christian as Knights take tournament title for first time since 2014. — Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026 Despite the average credit score being unchanged at 714 from October, there are affordability pressures building beneath the surface, according to FICO, which tallies FICO Scores used by lenders to measure consumer credit risk. — Medora Lee, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026 Donovan Ferrufino tallies his second rushing touchdown with an 8-yard score. — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2026 Before anyone tallies receipts or debates whether FIFA delivered on promises of an economic windfall, the tournament’s most enduring legacy might prove harder to measure. — Kendra Nordin Beato, Christian Science Monitor, 20 July 2026 Nielsen also tallies impressions served up within the comfort of other people’s homes; since the initial rollout six years ago, the company has since expanded its OOH coverage to 100% of its markets in the lower 48 states. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 16 June 2026 To be clear, the ledger now tallies only what companies pay, not what people lose—the asthma attacks, hospitalizations, shortened lives, or deaths. — Andrew Behar, Fortune, 1 Apr. 2026 The Jeff Marr Law Firm tallies 183 cases in Oklahoma and other states. — J.c. Hallman, Oklahoman, 27 Feb. 2026 According to Michigan Tech, which also tallies snowfall totals, Houghton County in 2023 saw 12 inches of snow in May. — Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 10 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tallies
  1. counts
  2. corresponds
  3. scores
  4. coincides
  5. conforms
  6. agrees
  7. consists
Noun
  • Hidden like counts, disabled autoplay by default, and a ban on extreme makeup filters in addition to Meta’s existing cosmetic-surgery filter ban.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Clancy, 36, has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder in connection with the deaths of her children — Cora, Dawson and Callan, all younger than 6 — who were discovered strangled at the family's home in January 2023.
    — Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of counts
Verb
  • The first possibility corresponds to what happens before an observation.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Each set of three bases in the DNA corresponds to a specific amino acid (with three exceptions, each of which signals the end of the protein).
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of corresponds
Verb
  • The compilation returns to multiple rankings across the Atlantic and even scores the singer-songwriter her first leader on one tally.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Anna and Jude end up in the top, and Jude scores his third win.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of scores
Verb
  • The release of the paper also coincides with the project passing an official review under Japan’s MEXT SBIR Phase 3 program.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The report’s release coincides with a recent decision by federal Environment Minister Murray Watt to extend the North West Shelf gas project through 2070, and with Murujuga’s inclusion on UNESCO’s World Heritage List.
    — Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of coincides
Verb
  • This material conforms to your body and holds up well over time.
    — BestReviews, Mercury News, 31 July 2026
  • Plus, the light and airy mesh upper offers a stretchy fit that conforms to your foot while giving you some breathing room.
    — Tanya Sharma, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026
Definition of conforms
Verb
  • Louisville, Kentucky, designer Bethany Adams agrees that ‘bright tomato red’ doesn’t have a place in the kitchen.
    — Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Milanesi agrees safeguards should be in place, but isn’t convinced AI replacing humans on spreadsheets is necessarily inviting a higher risk of error.
    — Marc Saltzman, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of agrees
Verb
  • While the company's revenue is set to expand, its customer base – which consists largely of the cloud computing giants that run enterprise workloads for businesses – appears to be growing more concentrated.
    — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026
  • One of Underground’s most memorable episodes consists entirely of an electrifying speech by Harriet Tubman (Aisha Hinds) to a crowd of northern abolitionists.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of consists

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“Tallies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tallies. Accessed 3 Sep. 2026.

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