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as in told
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 mattered
to be of importance
punctuality and a neat appearance count during a job interview
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as in relied
to place reliance or trust
I'm counting on you to show up tomorrow to help me move
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Recent Examples of counted
Rozier and his friend, Deniro Laster, counted cash winnings at Rozier's home in Charlotte roughly a week later, the indictment says.
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Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2025
With about 90% of ballots counted, California voters passed Proposition 50 by a wide margin, but results from the Sacramento region reflect a community split on the measure.
—Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Additionally, SiriusXM’s Big 40 Countdown, on 80s on 8, and the Back in the Day Replay, on ‘90s on 9 are based on historical weekly Billboard Hot 100 charts, with other surveys counted down on 70s on 7 and Prime Country.
—Gary Trust, Billboard, 6 Nov. 2025
On eight major streaming services (Apple TV, Disney+, HBO Max, Hulu, Netflix, Paramount+, Peacock and Prime Video), GLAAD counted 233 LGBTQ series regulars and 139 LGBTQ recurring characters, for a total of 372 LGBTQ characters, marking an increase of 45 characters from last year’s study.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2025
The 1860 Census counted nearly 37,000 Black residents.
—Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
As of Wednesday evening, more than 796,000 ballots in Orange County had been counted.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 6 Nov. 2025
The union has counted 11 ACIJs terminated.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 6 Nov. 2025
Sherrill was winning 55% there with about three-fourths of the vote counted.
—Ronald Brownstein, Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2025
Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2025
With about 90% of ballots counted, California voters passed Proposition 50 by a wide margin, but results from the Sacramento region reflect a community split on the measure.
—Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Additionally, SiriusXM’s Big 40 Countdown, on 80s on 8, and the Back in the Day Replay, on ‘90s on 9 are based on historical weekly Billboard Hot 100 charts, with other surveys counted down on 70s on 7 and Prime Country.
—Gary Trust, Billboard, 6 Nov. 2025
On eight major streaming services (Apple TV, Disney+, HBO Max, Hulu, Netflix, Paramount+, Peacock and Prime Video), GLAAD counted 233 LGBTQ series regulars and 139 LGBTQ recurring characters, for a total of 372 LGBTQ characters, marking an increase of 45 characters from last year’s study.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2025
The 1860 Census counted nearly 37,000 Black residents.
—Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
As of Wednesday evening, more than 796,000 ballots in Orange County had been counted.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 6 Nov. 2025
The union has counted 11 ACIJs terminated.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 6 Nov. 2025
Sherrill was winning 55% there with about three-fourths of the vote counted.
—Ronald Brownstein, Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for counted
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Arkansans who rely on federal food assistance could see their benefits restored as early as next week, Janet Mann, secretary of the Arkansas Department of Human Services, told a legislative committee Thursday.—
Daniel McFadin,
Arkansas Online,
7 Nov. 2025
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Among the Continental soldiers taken prisoner at the Battle of Trois-Rivières in Quebec in 1776, for instance, eighty-nine of two hundred told their redcoat captors they had been born overseas.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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But for Burt’s family, that mattered less than the entertainment value of the movie.—
Sarah Weinman,
Rolling Stone,
9 Nov. 2025
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To be sure, there were local issues and candidates that mattered, but in those elections where there were exit polls, voters cited the cost of living as the major factor in their vote, with health care next.—
Paul Bedard,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Nov. 2025
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The White House has relied for many of the tariffs on a 1970s statute designed to address economic emergencies.—
Scott Horsley,
NPR,
5 Nov. 2025
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The scene illustrated a transformation within Habitat for Humanity, which has since the 1970s relied on community members to help construct homes from their foundations to the roofs.—
Addie Costello,
jsonline.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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Julann Carney, a Realtor and property manager in Sherwood, said the plans for the money raised by the bonds are ill considered and add too much to the bills of residents.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
10 Nov. 2025
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When Laughton was elected as a state representative in 2012, she was considered to be the first openly transgender person elected to a state legislature.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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The alternative proposition is emergence, which states that qualitatively novel properties are found in more complex systems that can never, even in principle, be derived or computed from fundamental laws, principles, and entities.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
16 Oct. 2025
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To check that, Lai and his colleagues computed the most optimal task allocations, schedules, and motions in a few simplified work cells and compared those with results delivered by RoboBallet.—
Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
25 Sep. 2025
Verb
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This practice had its own history, another tributary to the overshoot conjuncture that weighed heavily on its future course.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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There were ballot proposals in the county to be weighed, and treasurers to be chosen.—
Darcie Moran,
Freep.com,
5 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The United States has depended on foreign suppliers of TNT since the mid-1980s, when the last domestic TNT facility shut down largely due to increasingly stringent environmental regulations.—
Macklin Fishman,
CNBC,
10 Nov. 2025
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Historically, concrete production depended heavily on natural sand and gravel extracted from riverbeds, a practice that led to severe environmental degradation in some regions.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Nov. 2025
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Vocational schools were regarded as an afterthought, a last-ditch option, offering vastly less prestige than traditional universities, particularly vaunted Ivy League institutions.—
Stephen Tave,
Fortune,
5 Nov. 2025
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Japan has punched above its weight on the global cultural stage for generations, but Hollywood studios have long regarded the country as one of the world’s most challenging places to shoot.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Counted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counted. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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