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as in indictment
a formal claim of criminal wrongdoing against a person
she's been charged with two counts of larceny
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as in to tell
to find the sum of (a collection of things) by noting each one as it is being added
count the baseball gloves in the storage locker to see if there are enough to go around
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as in to matter
to be of importance
punctuality and a neat appearance count during a job interview
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as in to rely
to place reliance or trust
I'm counting on you to show up tomorrow to help me move
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as in to exclude
to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of
I don't feel well, so count me out for the party tonight
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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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Recent Examples of count
Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
Now his defense team, led by attorney Arthur Aidala, is fighting to eliminate his retrial conviction and head off another retrial on the undecided count.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025
Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 11 Oct. 2025
Our parents’ generation could count on stability, security, predictability — and profound corporate loyalty that cut both ways.
—Nino Paoli, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025
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Noun
The boy has also been charged with nine counts of assault in the first degree and three counts of assault in the second degree.
—Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
Now his defense team, led by attorney Arthur Aidala, is fighting to eliminate his retrial conviction and head off another retrial on the undecided count.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
The simplest way to find influential people in a network is called degree centrality—just count the number of connections for each person.
—Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 11 Oct. 2025
Our parents’ generation could count on stability, security, predictability — and profound corporate loyalty that cut both ways.
—Nino Paoli, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for count
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Jacksonville’s opportunistic defense recorded yet another takeaway — this time at the goal line as linebacker Devin Lloyd intercepted a would-be Patrick Mahomes touchdown pass and took it 99 yards to the house, giving Jacksonville a 21-14 lead — to increase their league-high tally to 14.—
Mike Jones,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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Contextualizing the rate of crashes versus the raw tallies presents more challenges, to say nothing of finding a cause.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
11 Oct. 2025
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Details from the indictment filed in Maryland's district court charge Bolton with eight counts for the transmission of national defense information and 10 counts of unlawful retention of such information.—
NPR,
NPR,
17 Oct. 2025
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The indictments against all three men were eventually dismissed.—
Lauren del Valle,
CNN Money,
16 Oct. 2025
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Yes, the title challengers were dominant on home turf, but the statistics suggest Perri should have kept the score down.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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And in a heartfelt performance that brought the judges to their feet tonight, Dylan Efron dedicated his latest dance to his younger sister, Olivia, and older brother, Zac, delivering a moving tribute to family that earned the season’s highest score yet.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Oct. 2025
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Phypers is facing criminal charges, including two counts of injuring a spouse, cohabitant, fiancé, boyfriend, girlfriend or child's parent; and two counts of dissuading a witness by force or threat.—
Liza Esquibias,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
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Reuters — Two top Chinese military leaders have been expelled from the ruling Communist Party and the military on corruption charges, the country’s defense ministry said on Friday, the most senior officers to be purged in an anti-graft drive that began in 2023.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
18 Oct. 2025
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His mother and her family are reported as white in the available census data.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Oct. 2025
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Researchers used census data to analyze the sociodemographic makeup of the communities near feeding operations.—
Anna Kleiber,
jsonline.com,
9 Oct. 2025
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An application to an examiner shall be in such form as the Commission may require and shall contain allegations that the applicant is not otherwise registered to vote.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
17 Oct. 2025
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Her lawyers say that the gravity of the allegations against her have compelled her to seek asylum.—
Aida Alami,
New Yorker,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Count.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/count. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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