count on
verb
counted on; counting on; counts on
: to look forward to as certain : anticipate
counted on winning
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Lots of people count on helium.
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Regina G. Barber, NPR, 6 Apr. 2026
Today, Supermicro counts on its access to Nvidia’s ultra-hot GPUs for the lion’s share of its billions in revenues.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2026
Kansas City may be in 16th place out of the West’s 16 teams, but Arena isn’t counting on anything, no matter how hot his squad may be right now.
—Jon Becker, Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2026
Goldschmied could be counted on to deliver frank and honest takes on the industry.
—Sj Staff, Footwear News, 5 Apr. 2026
Lendeborg had to count on his entire team to carry the load without him.
—Aaron Beard, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
Large institutions count on brand loyalty to do defensive work for them and on the public’s habit of treating accommodation disputes as greed rather than structural change.
—Kelsey Maurine Brickl, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2026
Lendeborg had to count on his entire team to carry the load without him.
—ABC News, 4 Apr. 2026
That is exactly what scammers are counting on.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 2 Apr. 2026
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Regina G. Barber, NPR, 6 Apr. 2026
Today, Supermicro counts on its access to Nvidia’s ultra-hot GPUs for the lion’s share of its billions in revenues.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2026
Kansas City may be in 16th place out of the West’s 16 teams, but Arena isn’t counting on anything, no matter how hot his squad may be right now.
—Jon Becker, Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2026
Goldschmied could be counted on to deliver frank and honest takes on the industry.
—Sj Staff, Footwear News, 5 Apr. 2026
Lendeborg had to count on his entire team to carry the load without him.
—Aaron Beard, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
Large institutions count on brand loyalty to do defensive work for them and on the public’s habit of treating accommodation disputes as greed rather than structural change.
—Kelsey Maurine Brickl, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2026
Lendeborg had to count on his entire team to carry the load without him.
—ABC News, 4 Apr. 2026
That is exactly what scammers are counting on.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 2 Apr. 2026
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“Count on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/count%20on. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.
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