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 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 The FedEx Cup finale has counted as official the last two years. Doug Ferguson, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026 Nepal’s disaster agency said Monday that 903 deaths had been counted in that country, with 4,247 people, including 592 foreigners, missing. ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026 In 2016, the United Nations counted a hundred and seven settler attacks that damaged Palestinian property, caused Palestinian casualties, or both. David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026 The inspector counted over 15 pieces of roach excrement under the three-compartment sink, and 20 on the front counter floor. David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026 And as far as the Billboard 200 goes, most of those streams are counted towards her 2003 compilation Ultimate Dolly Parton. Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 28 Aug. 2026 Recently, The Daily Beast counted Melania’s public appearances this year, coming up with the number 38. Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 28 Aug. 2026 The change allowed the parents to successfully argue that the trauma over their son's death counted as a disability that would exempt them from the punitive damages cap. Reuters, USA Today, 22 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
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • 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
  • For fans of the older Metal Gear games, Ghost Babel was a huge deal and is rightly regarded as one of the best games in the series and most certainly an underappreciated one.
    Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Widely regarded as an elite play-caller, Sarkisian has yet to deliver in the biggest moments.
    Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2026

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“Counted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counted. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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