counted

past tense of count
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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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Recent Examples of counted Only transfers completed while both teams were simultaneously in the Premier League are included, with loans also counted. Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026 By the turn of the twentieth century, the area counted some forty maisons du cheval, including riding schools and makers of saddles, harnesses, and carriages. Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026 The filing added that eligibility for mail-in and absentee voting will continue to be governed by state law and state and local officials will determine who is eligible to use the method and which ballots are eligible to be counted. Lindsay Whitehurst, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026 What counted as feminist was whether a woman knew herself well enough to make her own choices rather than be defined as the daughter or wife of a man. ABC News, 5 Sep. 2026 Some of those parties won’t even reach the 5% threshold to have any of their votes counted, which is why the AfD could secure power with less than half the electorate. Sebastian Shukla, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2026 The State Board of Elections voted along party lines to direct county officials to reject certain absentee ballots for certain errors that previously would not have prevented a vote from being counted. Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 4 Sep. 2026 As more votes were counted, Raman overtook Pratt to face Bass in the November runoff. Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026 The perfect start was snapped by a 27-14 loss at Long Beach State — which counted as a conference game despite Long Beach competing in the Pacific Coast Athletic Association. Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 31 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for counted
Verb
  • Her parents have been told to prepare for the worst, according to reports.
    Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Clancy’s attorney, Kevin Reddington, told reporters, per NBC, that his client now had enough letters from supporters to fill three banker’s boxes.
    Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • At almost any other place in the canyon, the flood wouldn’t have mattered.
    Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Dolly sang songs about her own life and said things that mattered to us.
    Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 31 Aug. 2026
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  • To get a closer look at these details, paleontologists relied on neutron imaging to see the lighter elements present in the fossils as well as X-ray imaging to look at the heavier ones.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 3 Sep. 2026
  • In many ways, the duo are a microcosm of Parkinson’s Wrexham in that both are proven Championship performers who can be relied upon to give everything.
    Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • At its last meeting, some RBA board members had considered the case for additional tightening, saying that inflation in the country was still too high.
    Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Throughout the summer, several players were considered, to varying degrees of seriousness.
    George Caulkin, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026
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  • The study also computed the pre-tax and after-tax returns for overlapping 30-year periods and found that the tax drag varied over time.
    Bob Carlson, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Other planning engines run scenarios sequentially, in cycles measured in hours, which is why their AI can only report on what has already been computed rather than reasoning live, KetteQ said.
    Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 13 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • But baby Faye arrived seven weeks premature and weighed just 3 pounds, 15 ounces.
    Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Standing 13-feet-tall at the hip and measuring upwards of 43-feet-long, the Late Cretaceous hunter weighed as much as 19,500 pounds.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 3 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Beyond powering vehicles, the wider machinic complex also depended on fossil fuels.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026
  • That meant that not only was information a commodity, but also that its value depended on the speed at which it could be transmitted.
    Brian Lund, Encyclopedia Britannica, 4 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Published posthumously in 2013, the subsequent Work and Structure became a literary phenomenon in Germany and is now regarded as one of the defining works of contemporary German literature.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Detractors will undoubtedly argue that his peak 2023-24 season, having joined in 2021, is now regarded as the exception rather than the rule across five years in which Bailey could not consistently reach the heights his talent had promised.
    Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026

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“Counted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counted. Accessed 9 Sep. 2026.

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