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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  • While Spanish chroniclers numbered the population around the time of European contact to have been 1 million, anthropologists have disputed this, arguing instead for the population to have been 6–12 million.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
  • It's sold in handcrafted and numbered ceramic bottles shaped like a copper brewing kettle.
    Mike Snider, USA Today, 22 Oct. 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 4 Nov. 2025.

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