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as in counter
a leg-mounted piece of furniture with a broad flat top designed for the serving of food we sat at the kitchen table, playing cards for hours on end

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as in plateau
a broad flat area of elevated land the area between the two canyons forms one broad table

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Recent Examples of table
Noun
We were packed like sardines into a living room that’d been rearranged to make way for foldout plastic tables that could accommodate 18.Bits of light from the candlesticks wedged into the necks of old wine bottles glinted in eyes and across cheeks. Dylin Hardcastle, People.com, 1 June 2025 Manchester United finished this past season 15th in the table. Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 1 June 2025
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Sturdy, dual-sided handles that are wide enough to grip with pot holders make transferring the cookware from the stove to the oven or table a breeze, too. Maggie Horton, People.com, 13 May 2025 The league considered the a stricter version of proposal at the annual league meeting last month but tabled it. Jack Magruder, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for table
Recent Examples of Synonyms for table
Noun
  • Hodges and Cruz were waiting in the sandwich line at the deli counter at Joe’s Grocery, on Lenox Ave.
    Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 30 May 2025
  • LEDs under the bathroom counter or cabinets and over the bathroom vanity can also provide ideal night lighting.
    Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 May 2025
Noun
  • Scorpios' restaurant welcomes diners for long meals, alfresco.
    Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025
  • In the summer, the library offers supplements to the school lunch program with meals, plus an activity.
    Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2025
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  • Accounts that stay committed keep growing while others plateau or give up.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
  • Sensor tech hit a plateau in picture quality around 2015 with the release of the first camera with a full-frame BSI CMOS sensor, the Sony a7R II.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 20 May 2025
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  • As part of its annual 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards, USA Today released a list of the top 10 beaches in North Carolina.
    Chyna Blackmon, Charlotte Observer, 6 June 2025
  • With this law, New Jersey joins a growing list of states advancing pay transparency as a tool to close wage gaps and promote fairness in hiring.
    Alonzo Martinez, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
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  • Craft cocktails like the Cloud Nine, Eclipse Martini and Sundown Spritz channel the sky-high ambience, while the food menu offers a range of trans-Pacific shareables, appetizers and entrees.
    Joe Yogerst, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
  • Of the agricultural land, a report published in the Journal of Science of Remote Sensing found around 80% of tree crops — such as olives and fruit trees — are likely damaged, as well as 65% of greenhouses used to grow food such as tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers and strawberries.
    Sarah-Grace Mankarious, CNN Money, 31 May 2025
Verb
  • Early votes, which set a record this year with more than seven million ballots cast in advance, are counted at local Elections Canada offices and may begin being tabulated an hour before polls close, depending on the volume.
    Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Apr. 2025
  • For one, her customs broker is still poring through the hundreds and thousands of tariff codes to tabulate the exact import duty Purryfuls will have to pay.
    Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 19 May 2025
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  • In the interview, the director, writer and actor recounts how the movie was saved by filmmaker and actor Alessandra Williams, who raised money to buy the film from Miramax earlier this year, decades after it was acquired and shelved by disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein.
    Nate Jackson, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2025
  • Promising trials are shelved all the time, sometimes for reasons beyond their results.
    Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 2 June 2025
Noun
  • Our semiconductor degrees program has an industry leadership advisory board.
    Mung Chiang, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
  • Hastings was appointed to Anthropic’s board by its Long Term Benefit Trust.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 28 May 2025

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“Table.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/table. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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