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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
In most cases, voters whose ballots were tallied using Dominion technology in 2024 will have their votes counted in the 2026 midterms using the same machines.
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Bente Birkeland, NPR, 18 Oct. 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.
—Pamela Bustios, Billboard, 17 Oct. 2025
Coloring Pages crunched the Google Trends data and counted up which donut type was the most searched in each state over the past year.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, AZCentral.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Quinn Emanuel has counted the Saudi sovereign wealth fund, called the Public Investment Fund, as a client.
—Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
Votes exceeding the limit will not be counted.
—CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
In pre-war estimates, the PIJ’s fighting force was counted in the thousands, whereas Hamas was thought to have tens of thousands.
—Bobby Ghosh, Time, 16 Oct. 2025
The fraudulent submission was flagged by election officials before it could be counted.
—Tom Olsen, Twin Cities, 15 Oct. 2025
Even in an era when foreign footballers in England could be counted on one hand, Trautmann was an exceptional case.
—Michael Walker, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
Bente Birkeland, NPR, 18 Oct. 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.
—Pamela Bustios, Billboard, 17 Oct. 2025
Coloring Pages crunched the Google Trends data and counted up which donut type was the most searched in each state over the past year.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, AZCentral.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Quinn Emanuel has counted the Saudi sovereign wealth fund, called the Public Investment Fund, as a client.
—Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
Votes exceeding the limit will not be counted.
—CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
In pre-war estimates, the PIJ’s fighting force was counted in the thousands, whereas Hamas was thought to have tens of thousands.
—Bobby Ghosh, Time, 16 Oct. 2025
The fraudulent submission was flagged by election officials before it could be counted.
—Tom Olsen, Twin Cities, 15 Oct. 2025
Even in an era when foreign footballers in England could be counted on one hand, Trautmann was an exceptional case.
—Michael Walker, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for counted
Verb
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Kline’s mother told police her daughter had been at the Roseville mall that afternoon.—
Nick Ferraro,
Twin Cities,
17 Oct. 2025
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In June, representatives for the county’s immigration hotline told the Alameda County For All committee about the limitations of the organization in responding to the rapidly changing needs of the county’s immigrants.—
Chase Hunter,
Mercury News,
17 Oct. 2025
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What mattered to me is what the comet meant in Polynesian mythologies.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Oct. 2025
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Triennale presented the work in the historic CRT venue, and that setting mattered.—
Alessia Glaviano,
Vogue,
20 Oct. 2025
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Back in the mid-1800s, the logging industry in the West relied on trains to move the redwoods' tremendous tree trunks from the coastal forests and mountains to flatter, inland regions.—
Chelsee Lowe,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Oct. 2025
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The Tigers have relied on senior Mansoor Delane, sophomore PJ Woodland and freshman DJ Pickett at cornerback through the first seven games.—
Jordan Sigler,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Like Notre Dame, the Cougars and Beavers are considered at-large candidates during the two-year transition phase.—
Jon Wilner,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Oct. 2025
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Lee's distinguished career includes his indelible performances as Dracula for Hammer Film Productions, and even with his illustrious list of acting credits, Lee considered Lord Summerisle one of his finest roles.—
Steven Thrash,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Oct. 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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His humongous gourd weighed a staggering 2,346 pounds.—
Sarah Durn,
Popular Science,
15 Oct. 2025
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Privately, party officials admit that fear of a snap poll weighed heavily in their choice with the PS risking the loss of seats in a political landscape polarized between the far right and the hard left.—
Saskya Vandoorne,
CNN Money,
14 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Having lost four of five matches entering the night, San Jose needed to win and depended on three other outcomes.—
Evan Webeck,
Mercury News,
19 Oct. 2025
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Additional labs were drawn to rule out less serious causes, but answers ultimately depended on the biopsy results.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Amtrak, often regarded as an albatross around taxpayers’ necks, lost more—about $705 million—but serves more than 500 stops, including many that a private enterprise would never bother with and that a public one is obligated to serve.—
Kaitlyn Tiffany,
The Atlantic,
22 Oct. 2025
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Maine backed Kamala Harris by around seven points in November 2024 and Collins is widely regarded as one of the most vulnerable Republican senators.—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Counted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counted. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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