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as in counting
to find the sum of (a collection of things) by noting each one as it is being added
number those apples and tell me how many you have
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as in aggregating
to have a total of
the full-time staff numbers 30 people
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as in including
to have as part of a whole
is numbered among the great minds of our times
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Recent Examples of numbering
While there’s not a plethora of information available about Lee, there is a legacy of what the Shakers — now numbering three members in Maine’s Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village — left behind, from journals, text, hymns and, in particular, furniture and architecture.
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Randy Myers, Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2026
We were understood to belong to our own sovereign tribal nations (then numbering well over 750), many of which were geographically inside yet civically separate from the growing American republic.
—David Treuer, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2026
In fact, seven of the top 10 most-listened to podcasts—with collective audiences numbering in the tens of millions—are hosted by men.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 12 Jan. 2026
The main crowd of counterprotesters, numbering a couple of dozen, was waiting by the White House.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 7 Jan. 2026
Once numbering as many as 400 million in North America, modern Castor canadensis—the North American beaver—has been reduced to just 10 million due to relentless fur-hunting.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 29 Dec. 2025
Lyme disease cases have skyrocketed in recent years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, with estimated diagnoses now numbering around nearly half a million people each year.
—Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 16 Dec. 2025
In that crowd, numbering in the hundreds, there were children with faces painted black, red, and green.
—Devin Kelly, Outside, 15 Dec. 2025
Since then, he's built a following of over two million across his social platforms, consistently numbering views into the six figures.
—Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
Randy Myers, Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2026
We were understood to belong to our own sovereign tribal nations (then numbering well over 750), many of which were geographically inside yet civically separate from the growing American republic.
—David Treuer, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2026
In fact, seven of the top 10 most-listened to podcasts—with collective audiences numbering in the tens of millions—are hosted by men.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 12 Jan. 2026
The main crowd of counterprotesters, numbering a couple of dozen, was waiting by the White House.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 7 Jan. 2026
Once numbering as many as 400 million in North America, modern Castor canadensis—the North American beaver—has been reduced to just 10 million due to relentless fur-hunting.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 29 Dec. 2025
Lyme disease cases have skyrocketed in recent years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, with estimated diagnoses now numbering around nearly half a million people each year.
—Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 16 Dec. 2025
In that crowd, numbering in the hundreds, there were children with faces painted black, red, and green.
—Devin Kelly, Outside, 15 Dec. 2025
Since then, he's built a following of over two million across his social platforms, consistently numbering views into the six figures.
—Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for numbering
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After being whisked away on honeymoons with their newly betrothed, the couples spend three weeks counting down to decision day at the altar.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Feb. 2026
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Kansas is not counting the games in 2018 vacated due to NCAA penalties in that total.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
1 Feb. 2026
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Rather, her fear is that aggregating events will reshape these two fundamental factors, and that the usual responses from policymakers are unlikely to be fit for purpose.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
31 Jan. 2026
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Its proprietary planner, then, aims to replace the traditionally tedious, labor-intensive methods for aggregating seasonal assortments across brands.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
28 Jan. 2026
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The approach allows a single sheet of material to perform multiple functions at once, including adaptive camouflage, information encryption and decryption, and shape morphing.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Feb. 2026
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Bass and her campaign team have sought to highlight a list of accomplishments, including a steady decrease in homicides, a drop in street homelessness and her efforts to accelerate the construction of affordable housing.—
David Zahniser,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
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That feeling of telling someone about an underrated gem or misunderstand masterpiece is something he’s been chasing since the decline of video stores in the early 2000s.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Feb. 2026
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Fedorov, the new defense minister, acknowledges the scale of the problem, telling the Ukrainian parliament some 2 million people are ignoring their call-up papers, while 200,000 others have deserted.—
Andrew Carey,
CNN Money,
3 Feb. 2026
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At the same time, a salty liquid containing calcium chloride (a salt often used to de-ice roads) is pumped through the regenerator, which carries the heat away and ejects it to the surroundings on exit.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
5 Feb. 2026
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The National Institutes of Health reports that oregano oil repels bedbugs more effectively than commercial insecticides containing DEET.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Feb. 2026
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La Brea Tar Pits is the richest Ice Age fossil site on Earth and a repository of millions of fossils, comprising hundreds of plant and animal species.—
Marianne Love,
Daily News,
30 Jan. 2026
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The screening committees, comprising more than 300 experts across various musical genres, meet to ensure that recordings are placed in the proper categories.—
Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
30 Jan. 2026
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Slusser emerged as the central figure opposing the university during a 2024 scandal involving trans athlete Blaire Fleming.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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This enables users to remotely run complex experiments involving AI and other cutting-edge methods 24/7.—
Matthew S Williams,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Feb. 2026
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The group, called Kernic Solidarités, has already sent heavy-duty horse-hair nets totaling 280 kilometers in length to Ukraine.—
Tim Lister,
CNN Money,
1 Feb. 2026
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The suspect then used a credit card in the wallet to make a fraudulent purchase totaling approximately $107.—
Anne Gelhaus,
Mercury News,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Numbering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/numbering. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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