COUNT (ON OR UPON) Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

count (on or upon)

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as in to depend (on or upon)

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Projects expected to have significant regional impacts are required to go through the DRI process to help local governments with infrastructure planning, but the agency only began requiring that large solar projects participate last year.

— Kristi Swartz, AJC.com, 20 Aug. 2026
That’s down from last year, but better than analysts expected.

— Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026

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