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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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According to the Burke Museum, passenger pigeons were once the most abundant bird in North America, numbering in the billions and accounting for close to 40% of the continent’s land birds when European settlers arrived in the 19th century.

— Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2026
The moment is impossibly cheesy, but at his summer rallies, where crowds often numbered more than two hundred and fifty, pretty much everyone sang.

— Peter Slevin, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026

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