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Recent Examples of countable
Remove that amount from the countable revenue, and that substantial operating shortfall of $34.1 million becomes a $108.6 million crater.
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Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2024
As a penalty, Colorado’s countable athletic activities were reduced by 30 minutes at the first opportunity and rules education on voluntary activities and social media was provided to the football staff, according to the school’s report.
—USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2024
Those figures included Allen’s 10 countable assistants, though not Aaron Wellman, his head of strength and conditioning.
—Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Jan. 2024
And since mathematicians already knew the family of countable graphs was Borel complete — that is, maximally complicated with respect to isomorphism — this meant the family of countable TFABs must also be Borel complete.
—Quanta Magazine, 10 Aug. 2021
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Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2024
As a penalty, Colorado’s countable athletic activities were reduced by 30 minutes at the first opportunity and rules education on voluntary activities and social media was provided to the football staff, according to the school’s report.
—USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2024
Those figures included Allen’s 10 countable assistants, though not Aaron Wellman, his head of strength and conditioning.
—Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Jan. 2024
And since mathematicians already knew the family of countable graphs was Borel complete — that is, maximally complicated with respect to isomorphism — this meant the family of countable TFABs must also be Borel complete.
—Quanta Magazine, 10 Aug. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for countable
Adjective
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Scott had already been replaced as the closer with Rōki Sasaki, who is one of the few members of the bullpen making a major impact for Los Angeles in the playoffs.—
Shaun McAvoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Oct. 2025
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In the second quarter, Dunbar’s offense found some life with a stellar play from quarterback Marcus McDade, who faked a handoff and raced 47 yards for a touchdown while making a few defenders miss tackles.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Şengün played a large chunk of his limited time on the floor Monday night with Adams or Capela also in the lineup.—
William Guillory,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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Following their split, the parents of two were seen together on numerous occasions, including the 2019 Emmys where Taylor was on deck to support Ben, who was nominated for outstanding directing for a limited series, movie or dramatic special for Escape At Dannemora.—
Alexandra Schonfeld,
PEOPLE,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Countable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/countable. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
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