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This measure will give the state more control over spending and provide new money for actual countable facilities that will give the system a footprint.
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Alison Monroe, The Mercury News, 24 Feb. 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
As reader David Gold (a fewer/less connoisseur) points out, fewer is correctly used for integer values, i.e., countable things.
—WSJ, 27 Nov. 2023
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Alison Monroe, The Mercury News, 24 Feb. 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
As reader David Gold (a fewer/less connoisseur) points out, fewer is correctly used for integer values, i.e., countable things.
—WSJ, 27 Nov. 2023
See All Example Sentences for countable
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“Countable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/countable. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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