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count (up to)

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Definition of count (up to)

as in to number

to have a total of that counts up to a pretty sum over the course of several years

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By September 1 the total number of combatants numbered between 10,000 and 20,000.

— Elijah TanAll, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026
Haiti’s security forces have never numbered 30,000, even when the country had an active military, a senior State Department official, Michael Kozak, added at the hearing.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 27 July 2026

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