tabling

verb

Definition of tablingnext
present participle of table
1
as in tabulating

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
2
as in postponing

Synonyms & Similar Words

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for tabling
  1. postponing
  2. adding
  3. deferring
  4. computing
  5. reserving
  6. interrupting
  7. ending
  8. calculating
Verb
  • The couple planned to marry in 2003 before postponing the wedding.
    Lauryn Overhultz, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Similarly, businesses servicing India’s booming wedding industry have been affected by consumers postponing their celebrations because of the poor weather.
    Amala Balakrishner, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of postponing
Verb
  • Just adding a chatbot on your website or mobile app will not reduce customer service calls.
    Forrester, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Burning magnesium, titanium and aluminum will emit a bright white light, adding brightness to a firework.
    David Bressan, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of adding
Verb
  • Meanwhile, the music business marched forward, absorbing losses and deferring any hard decisions.
    Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Overpacking has the effect of deferring decisions, shifting them from your house to your hotel room.
    Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of deferring
Verb
  • The actors' strike also posed the same problem for OD, Kojima's second game in development, powered by cloud computing technology from Microsoft's Xbox division.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
  • The proliferation of mobile banking and the need for real-time transaction processing has pushed computing to the edge.
    Ramasankar Molleti, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of computing
Verb
  • The annual feature began in 2005 as a spinoff of then-Tribune dining critic Phil Vettel’s now-defunct Save the Tables, reserving show tickets instead of restaurant tables for New Year’s Eve.
    Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Remove half the clams from their shells, reserving the other half for garnish.
    Claudia Alarcón, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of reserving
Verb
  • American Airlines flights across the United States were delayed by technical issues on Tuesday morning, interrupting travel on one of the busiest days of the year.
    Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Part of that is knowing when to linger on a closeup (go back and rewatch the scene leading up to Joanne and Noah’s first kiss) and when to punch up the comedy by increasing the tempo — before interrupting the rhythm to land a joke.
    Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of interrupting
Verb
  • After ending 2024 with successive Premier League defeats, Enzo Maresca’s side contrived to throw away a lead late on as Crystal Palace rallied to claim a draw at Selhurst Park.
    Liam Twomey, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Even though the games are ending, the circus really won’t end with the Jets and Giants.
    Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 4 Jan. 2025
Definition of ending
Verb
  • When calculating on-time performance, Cirium tracks more than 35 million flights globally per year and uses a complex methodology that factors in delays and cancellations as well as passenger volume.
    Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Still, calculating what beneficiaries are owned may not be simple or quick.
    Kate Gibson, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of calculating
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