counts (out)

verb

present tense third-person singular of count (out)
as in excludes
to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of I don't feel well, so count me out for the party tonight

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for counts (out)
  1. excludes
  2. bans
  3. bars
  4. eliminates
  5. prevents
  6. shuts out
  7. prohibits
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  • The final policy excludes therapeutic procedures targeting nerves such as the pudendal nerve and ganglion impar, interventions used for some forms of severe pelvic pain.
    — Antje M. Barreveld, STAT, 23 Oct. 2026
  • That count excludes more than 400 licensed locations on college campuses, in hospitals, and elsewhere.
    — Heather Occhino, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of excludes
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  • This is in stark contrast to rival retailer Amazon, which bans third-party agentic tools, such as Meta’s Muse and Perplexity’s shopping agent.
    — James Peckham, PC Magazine, 22 Oct. 2026
  • In 2024, Wisconsin voters approved a constitutional amendment backed by Republicans that bans the use of private grant money to run elections.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of bans
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  • Both letters cited the National Voter Registration Act, a federal law that bars states from systematically removing ineligible voters from state voter rolls during the 90 days before an election.
    — Miles Parks, NPR, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The draft also bars other federal departments, agencies, and officials from suspending a model’s development, deployment, or internal use.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of bars
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  • The settlement eliminates the need to resolve that remaining question at trial.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026
  • If the Tax Court agrees that rescheduling eliminates section 280E liability for past years, cannabis businesses could seek refunds for multiple prior tax years.
    — Carolyn Schenck, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of eliminates
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  • Barnes is cold-based, and thus frozen directly onto the bedrock beneath it, which prevents it from sliding.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 24 Oct. 2026
  • This method prevents nitrogen from diluting the exhaust gas, which hinders combustion and keeps the CO₂ concentration relatively low.
    — Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of prevents
Verb
  • That is because networks increasingly stay in-house, which helps makes the economics of broadcast work but essentially shuts out third-party suppliers.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The birthplace criterion also shuts out key figures of the Harlem Renaissance — including Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes and Louis Armstrong — who were born in the American South and moved to New York as part of the Great Migration.
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 10 June 2026
Definition of shuts out
Verb
  • The Supreme Court ordinarily prohibits such restrictions, according to Congress's Constitution Annotated.
    — Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Federal law prohibits armed federal agents from conducting activities in and around polling places unless force is necessary to repel armed enemies of the United States.
    — Ana Goñi-Lessan, Sun Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of prohibits
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