tally
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By the tally of FilmLA, on-location production days for film and TV in greater Los Angeles fell by 46% from 2022 to 2025.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
It is understood that, with the right move, the necessary points tally could be achieved by January.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
The Australian half-back jinked his way over for a fine try to score for the fourth successive game and take his points tally for Wigan to 501.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
New U.S. weekly jobless claims ticked up in the latest tally to 199,000.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
The English Exchequer used to keep accounts on a variant of the tally stick until 1826.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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Sometimes, before the daily tallies that occurred to ensure all inmates were accounted for, they would jokingly call out, “It’s count time, guys—go ahead and hide your cellphones.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
His change in tone tallies with his on-field performances.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
Despite our effort, it is possible some capital cases may still be included in our final tallies before the 2017 term.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026
Experts are urging patience as primary tallies begin to roll in Tuesday evening.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2026
The left column tallies the probability, based on all past meetings between the two wrestlers fighting that day, that the 7—7 wrestler will win.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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Principal said it tallied its Egan-Jones rated debt slightly differently from the Journal and came up with a total of $1.7 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
While still holding onto his identity as a pitcher who goes right at hitters, over Wrobleski’s last two starts, he tallied 20 strikeouts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
Citizens vote on laws and referendums using digital tokens, and the voting itself is automatically tallied and enforced by code, rather than counted by officials.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Through Tuesday’s close, a Goldman Sachs basket of high-beta momentum stocks tallied its biggest five-session selloff since 2020.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
When we got to the cash register, the checkout lady gave us the skunk eye as she tallied up the total.
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
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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
The games have ended, but some Angelenos are still tallying up profits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Instead, the opposite happened and the dollar weakened — tallying in 2025 its biggest calendar-year decline since the 1970s, according to Dow Jones Market Data.
From MarketWatch ● May 6, 2026
It was after tallying my December spending that I finally deleted them cold turkey in January.
From Salon ● Mar. 3, 2026
I follow Mitch to the kitchen where his mom is tallying up receipts on one of those old calculators with the receipt paper.
From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy
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