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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
Though Patoka had hoped to make up ground with mail-in ballots, Jones remained comfortably ahead after all early votes, Election Day ballots and nearly 28,000 mail ballots had been counted.
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Cbs Baltimore Staff,
CBS News,
28 June 2026
Compared with the last time both governor and Los Angeles mayor were on the ballot, county election officials counted more ballots, and tallied them faster than in 2022, The Times found.
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Vanessa Martínez,
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2026
Challenger, Gray & Christmas counted 87,714 job cuts this year where employers named AI as the reason, more than in all of 2025.
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Jon Markman,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2026
Stations located on channel 13 or lower count fully toward the cap, while only 50% of higher UHF channels are counted.
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Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
26 June 2026
There are also two motocross events, though they are not divided by gender and will not be counted as part of the team format.
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Sean Campbell,
Sacbee.com,
26 June 2026
The inspector counted 15 live roaches in there.
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David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
26 June 2026
Zayn counted quickly and helped Rhodes retain the title.
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Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
20 June 2026
Even a temporary settlement that stabilizes the economy, eases some sanctions, and buys time to rebuild military strength is counted as worthwhile.
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Hamidreza Azizi,
Time,
19 June 2026
Cbs Baltimore Staff,
CBS News,
28 June 2026
Compared with the last time both governor and Los Angeles mayor were on the ballot, county election officials counted more ballots, and tallied them faster than in 2022, The Times found.
—
Vanessa Martínez,
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2026
Challenger, Gray & Christmas counted 87,714 job cuts this year where employers named AI as the reason, more than in all of 2025.
—
Jon Markman,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2026
Stations located on channel 13 or lower count fully toward the cap, while only 50% of higher UHF channels are counted.
—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
26 June 2026
There are also two motocross events, though they are not divided by gender and will not be counted as part of the team format.
—
Sean Campbell,
Sacbee.com,
26 June 2026
The inspector counted 15 live roaches in there.
—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
26 June 2026
Zayn counted quickly and helped Rhodes retain the title.
—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
20 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
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.
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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.
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Nissan clearly decided that affordability and reliability mattered more than chasing horsepower figures.
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Creating the story that would tell potential business buyers why NovaTech mattered.
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Nothing herein is, or shall be relied on as, a promise or representation as to future performance.
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All three feature different approaches to generating speed and grip, but only the Mustang relied on electric power.
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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.
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Forsythia is considered invasive in some parts of the country1 so check your local invasive plant lists before planting.
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The approach uses the aspherical electron densities computed using quantum mechanics to arrive at accurate determinations of atomic positions.
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During inference, large language models store computed token relationships in this cache rather than recalculating them with every output.
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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.
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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.
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Until recently, Norway depended on private companies to conduct such advanced underwater surveys.
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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.
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Generally, dark energy and dark matter are regarded as separate entities, their elusiveness their primary link.
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Not only in the United States but across the world, he was regarded with a mixture of reverence and awe.
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“Counted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counted. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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