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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
For the dependency support test, basic and supplementary Medicare benefits are not counted as support.
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Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026
Zayn counted quickly and helped Rhodes retain the title.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 20 June 2026
In the early hours of Friday morning, with all votes counted, that risk paid off.
—Clare Sebastian, CNN Money, 19 June 2026
South Korea lost to Mexico, but their jerseys counted as a moral victory.
—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 19 June 2026
Roughly 95% of the votes have been counted.
—Hayley Parsley, Sacbee.com, 19 June 2026
Conservative Keiko Fujimori leads progressive Roberto Sánchez as votes are slowly counted from Peru’s presidential runoff election.
—ABC News, 19 June 2026
Even a temporary settlement that stabilizes the economy, eases some sanctions, and buys time to rebuild military strength is counted as worthwhile.
—Hamidreza Azizi, Time, 19 June 2026
Renner also grilled election officials about whether or not post office officials had backdated postmarks on mail ballots sent after election day so they could still be counted, the source said.
—Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2026
Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026
Zayn counted quickly and helped Rhodes retain the title.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 20 June 2026
In the early hours of Friday morning, with all votes counted, that risk paid off.
—Clare Sebastian, CNN Money, 19 June 2026
South Korea lost to Mexico, but their jerseys counted as a moral victory.
—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 19 June 2026
Roughly 95% of the votes have been counted.
—Hayley Parsley, Sacbee.com, 19 June 2026
Conservative Keiko Fujimori leads progressive Roberto Sánchez as votes are slowly counted from Peru’s presidential runoff election.
—ABC News, 19 June 2026
Even a temporary settlement that stabilizes the economy, eases some sanctions, and buys time to rebuild military strength is counted as worthwhile.
—Hamidreza Azizi, Time, 19 June 2026
Renner also grilled election officials about whether or not post office officials had backdated postmarks on mail ballots sent after election day so they could still be counted, the source said.
—Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for counted
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Three older adults, aged from 80 to 95, died over the weekend in the Bordeaux region from health issues caused by the heat wave, local government official Sophie Brocas told France TV late on Sunday.—
Makini Brice,
USA Today,
23 June 2026
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If convicted, King could serve anywhere from two to 10 years in prison, and pay up to a $10,000 fine, Judge John Wilson Weeks told the jury pool ahead of the selection process.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 June 2026
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Nissan clearly decided that affordability and reliability mattered more than chasing horsepower figures.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
20 June 2026
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Creating the story that would tell potential business buyers why NovaTech mattered.—
Lien De Pau,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
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Nothing herein is, or shall be relied on as, a promise or representation as to future performance.—
Katie Stockton,
CNBC,
22 June 2026
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All three feature different approaches to generating speed and grip, but only the Mustang relied on electric power.—
Tim Stevens,
ArsTechnica,
22 June 2026
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With campaigns and outside super PACs flooding the zone with money, television, radio and social media were awash with ads for candidates vying in deep-blue NY-12, NY-10, NY-13 and NY-7, all of which are considered up for grabs to greater or lesser degrees.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
22 June 2026
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Forsythia is considered invasive in some parts of the country1 so check your local invasive plant lists before planting.—
Leanne Potts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
22 June 2026
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Also, the trustees reveal that if the system’s financial condition were computed the same way that pension funds are required calculate their liabilities, the deficit would be greater.—
Bob Carlson,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
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From the in-flight data, the team computed apparent ice emission indices (ice crystals/kg) and nvPM EI for both fuels.—
Srishti Gupta,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Apr. 2026
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Global economies have already weighed energy options beyond the Middle East, as the war in Iran has put irreversible pressure on the oil industry, according to Karen Young, a researcher at Columbia University.—
Deva Lee,
CNN Money,
22 June 2026
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How that is playing out in terms of stylistic difference will have to be weighed by bootleg-favoring Dylanologists who are more attuned to the subtleties of band interplay.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
21 June 2026
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Until recently, Norway depended on private companies to conduct such advanced underwater surveys.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
22 June 2026
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For decades, scientists believed this renewal depended heavily on fibroblasts, a class of supportive cells nestled in the deeper layer of the skin that secrete growth-promoting molecules and build the structural scaffolding that holds tissue together.—
Peter Jurich,
Hartford Courant,
22 June 2026
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Generally, dark energy and dark matter are regarded as separate entities, their elusiveness their primary link.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
22 June 2026
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Not only in the United States but across the world, he was regarded with a mixture of reverence and awe.—
Paul Wiseman,
Fortune,
22 June 2026
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“Counted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counted. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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