countable

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Recent Examples of countable This allowance lowers countable income and typically results in a higher benefit. JosÉ Luis Villegas, Sacbee.com, 15 Nov. 2025 These allotments represent the benefit level for households with no countable income; most participants receive less because their benefits are reduced based on their earnings. Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025 Time for rest and relaxation has no countable home in the capitalist economy of life. Rachelle Wilson Tollemar, The Conversation, 27 Oct. 2025 Chancery Court found Chambliss made a persuasive case at this early stage in the litigation that the NCAA unreasonably denied him eligibility to play a fourth countable season of college football in what will be his sixth year of college. Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for countable
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Adjective
  • After a few words of introduction, Alexis started asking Graciela and me questions about our creative processes, about the importance of surprises in art, about the relationship between photographs and stories, about memory and mourning and pain.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 May 2026
  • Season 6 was popular for a few viral moments, including Andrea Carmona’s shocking elimination, the decision made by her fellow contestants, as well as the aftermath that followed between Kaylor Martin and Aaron Evans after Casa Amor.
    Carolyn Burt, Oc Register, 29 May 2026
Adjective
  • All of the villagers are understood to have entered the cave in search of gold, part of an informal mining economy that has expanded across parts of Laos in recent years, particularly in remote limestone and river basin regions where formal livelihoods are scarce and enforcement is limited.
    Kocha Olarn, CNN Money, 30 May 2026
  • Yet barriers—insufficient research, limited care access, provider training, limited patient knowledge and skyrocketing costs—persist.
    Rachel Braun Scherl, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026

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“Countable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/countable. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.

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