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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number
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  • Jungle Island’s days may be numbered.
    Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Incident types are numbered 1-5 — a type 1 incident is a large, complex wildfire affecting people and critical infrastructure, a type 5 incident is a small wildfire with few personnel involved.
    Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 7 Nov. 2025
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“Count (up to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/count%20%28up%20to%29. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.

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