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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
Wormuth, who served as Army secretary during the Biden administration, said securing the sites could demand extensive engineering support -- including heavy construction equipment -- as well as a significant security force, potentially numbering in the hundreds of troops per location.
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Chris Boccia, ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026
The move is also expected to increase capacity, a growing consideration as the academy’s ranks have expanded significantly in recent years, now numbering more than 11,000 members.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 26 Mar. 2026
But tireless efforts by conservationists and Indigenous tribes helped save the bison, numbering less than a thousand at the nadir, from the same fate of its Pleistocene peers.
—Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 20 Mar. 2026
Those presentations, which also are given to owners at the December Board of Governors meeting, have become less and less controversial over time, with suspensions numbering fewer and fewer.
—Pierre Lebrun, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
The book features the names of all the authors, numbering near 10,000, followed by a series of empty pages, which protest organizer Ed Newton-Rex told Deadline symbolizes the future for novel writing if large-language artificial intelligence models continue to scrape their work.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 10 Mar. 2026
Visitors on whale-watching tours often see dolphin pods with animals numbering in the hundreds as well as sea lions and sharks.
—Nora Heston Tarte, Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2026
Quivering along the frill of brownish gray and whitish yellow stripes skirting her foot, the epipodial tentacles are pale silver and waving, numbering over a hundred, electrifying her whole body with tastes, smells, vibrations from above, behind, everywhere.
—Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026
Attorneys for the plaintiff, Kathy Morehart of Texas, allege Morehart and others who are part of a potential class of victims numbering in the thousands relied on OpenLoop to keep their private health information confidential.
—Clark Kauffman, Iowa Capital Dispatch, 20 Feb. 2026
Chris Boccia, ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026
The move is also expected to increase capacity, a growing consideration as the academy’s ranks have expanded significantly in recent years, now numbering more than 11,000 members.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 26 Mar. 2026
But tireless efforts by conservationists and Indigenous tribes helped save the bison, numbering less than a thousand at the nadir, from the same fate of its Pleistocene peers.
—Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 20 Mar. 2026
Those presentations, which also are given to owners at the December Board of Governors meeting, have become less and less controversial over time, with suspensions numbering fewer and fewer.
—Pierre Lebrun, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
The book features the names of all the authors, numbering near 10,000, followed by a series of empty pages, which protest organizer Ed Newton-Rex told Deadline symbolizes the future for novel writing if large-language artificial intelligence models continue to scrape their work.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 10 Mar. 2026
Visitors on whale-watching tours often see dolphin pods with animals numbering in the hundreds as well as sea lions and sharks.
—Nora Heston Tarte, Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2026
Quivering along the frill of brownish gray and whitish yellow stripes skirting her foot, the epipodial tentacles are pale silver and waving, numbering over a hundred, electrifying her whole body with tastes, smells, vibrations from above, behind, everywhere.
—Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026
Attorneys for the plaintiff, Kathy Morehart of Texas, allege Morehart and others who are part of a potential class of victims numbering in the thousands relied on OpenLoop to keep their private health information confidential.
—Clark Kauffman, Iowa Capital Dispatch, 20 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for numbering
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Entering the 2024 season, Prescott was on the final year of his contract in Dallas, counting at close to $60 million against the cap.—
Dan Sheldon,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2026
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Separately, the transportation fraud scheme — first reported by The Denver Post in 2023 — cost about $25 million, counting both state and federal money, as fraudulent providers were packing cars with patients for unnecessarily long trips.—
Nick Coltrain,
Denver Post,
5 Apr. 2026
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Supporters argue these markets can sometimes outperform traditional polling by aggregating large volumes of independent bets.—
Sam Stevenson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2026
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Rebuilding trust The White House issued a news release on March 16 aggregating supportive comments from two dozen Senate Republicans, praising Mullin's nomination.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
17 Mar. 2026
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The village’s Black residents, including Hettie, are energized by a promising but tangled effort to redress a long-standing injustice—the unequal compensation received by Black South African soldiers in the Second World War.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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The victim suffered serious injuries to her right ear, right cheek and face, including a laceration that was about 6 inches long, officials said.—
Katie Houlis,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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Google’s response to this report is telling.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
7 Apr. 2026
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This newsroom-wide project brings fast facts as stories unfold — making sure our local officials and institutions are telling the truth, serving our communities well and following through on their promises.—
Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
6 Apr. 2026
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Through a red chain-link curtain is a back room containing the likes of Screw, Al Goldstein’s erotic tabloid from the sixties and seventies.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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The Jupiter-esque planet known as TOI-5205 b is the first exoplanet of its kind with an atmosphere containing far fewer heavy elements than similarly sized objects, as well as its own red dwarf star.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
2 Apr. 2026
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Like many European cities, Rome has an extensive public transit network, comprising three metro lines, commuter trains, and countless trams and buses that crisscross the city.—
Laura Itzkowitz,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Apr. 2026
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Nearly 1 billion barrels will be lost by the end of the month, comprising up to 600 million barrels of crude oil and roughly 350 million barrels of refined products, according to TD Securities.—
Spencer Kimball,
CNBC,
5 Apr. 2026
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Concord police said a physical altercation involving several adults, near an elementary school, ended with a man dying Wednesday evening.—
Jose Fabian,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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The allegations follow the November dismissal of a prior mortgage fraud case against James involving her home in Virginia, which was thrown out over procedural issues tied to the prosecutor’s appointment, not the underlying claims.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
1 Apr. 2026
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Freezing the rent would save New Yorkers almost $600 a month over four years, totaling nearly $7 billion in savings citywide.—
Joanne Grell,
New York Daily News,
5 Apr. 2026
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The separation agreement included severance and benefits pay to Dahlstrom totaling just over $164,000.—
Nick Ferraro,
Twin Cities,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Numbering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/numbering. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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