counted

Definition of countednext
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 From the 1840s to the 1860s, students produced rules that regulated how the ball could be handled, how many members a team should have and how scores were counted. Thomas Adam, The Conversation, 29 May 2026 However … none of those saves actually counted! Jayson Stark, New York Times, 29 May 2026 These were not counted in the vote tally. Eva Flowe may 29, Charlotte Observer, 29 May 2026 By marrying, they were counted with their husbands as a separate family to receive aid from relief groups, rather than being under their parents’ allotment. Toqa Ezzidin, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026 If a signature is deemed still to be significantly different from what is on file, a ballot could still be rejected and not counted, Page said. Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 28 May 2026 Waymo has long counted their robotaxis as level 4, but Tesla has told regulators that most of its cars feature level 2 driver assistance systems. Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 28 May 2026 The law also requires the California Attorney General to issue guidance on how to deal with law enforcement seeking to enter areas where ballots are cast or counted. Connor Greene, Time, 28 May 2026 With more than 95% of ballots counted, Paxton secured nearly 64% of the vote. Nicole Russell, USA Today, 28 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for counted
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  • Of his sudden rise to fame, Sombr, age 20, told Variety in an episode of Behind the Song last year.
    Jem Aswad, Variety, 26 May 2026
  • Everybody told her this—her studio, her husband, the press.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 May 2026
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  • What happened here mattered far beyond Central Florida.
    John W. Beacham, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 May 2026
  • Like, literally, nothing mattered!
    John Ramos, CBS News, 24 May 2026
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  • Beyond transistor shrinking The semiconductor industry has long relied on Moore’s Law, which predicts that the number of transistors on a chip doubles roughly every two years.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 25 May 2026
  • Nothing herein is, or shall be relied on as, a promise or representation as to future performance.
    Katie Stockton, CNBC, 25 May 2026
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  • These men considered the loss of control that such behavior implied-an animal urge indulged by weak men lacking the courage to fight other men directly-to be shameful.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 May 2026
  • The holiday is considered a mile marker for the MLB season, and nearly 90% of teams that have been in playoff position on the final Monday of May the past four seasons (since the playoffs were expanded to six teams per league) have ended up in the postseason.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2026
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  • Risk is when the odds can be computed.
    Aditya Vikram Kashyap, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
  • 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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  • The United States and Iran were close to agreeing on a memorandum of understanding aimed at ending the war, two regional officials and a diplomat said Saturday, as the United States has weighed a new round of attacks on the Islamic Republic.
    Munir Ahmed, Fortune, 23 May 2026
  • Oil prices, however, remained volatile, resuming their rally after three straight sessions of declines as investors weighed mixed messaging on Iran peace deal negotiations.
    Dylan Butts, CNBC, 22 May 2026
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  • Eric Wold, an analyst with Texas Capital Securities, in a May 21 investors note argued a beneficial takeover deal for Imax depended on the buyer and the integration to follow.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026
  • The fallout matters because American power has historically depended not only on military strength or economic leverage, but on the cohesion of the Western alliance and European support of Washington’s foreign policy.
    Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
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  • TokyoReuters — Toshifumi Suzuki, the founder of Seven-Eleven Japan and widely regarded as the father of Japan’s convenience store industry, died of heart failure on May 18, Seven & i Holdings said on Monday.
    Reuters 20 hr ago, CNN Money, 25 May 2026
  • Not long ago he was regarded as virtually Ukraine’s co-president, said Jamie Dettmer on Politico.
    The Week UK, TheWeek, 24 May 2026

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