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[kaunt] / kaʊnt /








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Parties are required to win at least 3.25% of all ballots—roughly equal to four seats—for their votes to count at all.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

By its count, the event beat 1997 in observations going back to 1949.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

The pups were the first two healthy ones spotted at the nature reserve this season during a routine seal count.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

Even taking your diagnosis into account, I wouldn’t count out a long life just yet.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

I squeeze my eyes shut and count and breathe, count and breathe, before I grab my phone and head out the door.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

Braze operates a customer-engagement platform that counts 2,770 customers, including Dairy Queen, Equinox and Instacart.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

Nscale, which counts former Meta Platforms executives Nick Clegg, Sheryl Sandberg and Fidji Simo among its board members, isn’t listed yet, but the company last month filed a registration statement with the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

"For the area around Santarém, we've identified about 40 percent more fires than you'll see in active fire counts from FIRMS," said Coffield.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

The jury found that she had done the acts in relation to all five charges – including four counts of aiding and abetting her husband's offending.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

He counts us, then takes out a radio and speaks.

From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat

Many counted on payouts from landlords seeking to free units from regulation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

The jail, which opened in 1932 and has counted John Lennon's killer Mark David Chapman, rapper Tupac Shakur, and Sex Pistols musician Sid Vicious among its residents, was due to shutter by 2027.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

The former Coronation Street star had been voted as the most trustworthy by her peers in episode one and given a shield, but that counted for little by episode four.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Notice we haven’t even counted Medicaid, or any of the other things the federal government does, from highways and farm support to homeland security, justice and so on.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

Future, past . . . the words didn’t have the same meanings he’d always counted on.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Based on the evidence we have, intermittent fasting isn’t superior to calorie counting for weight loss, and many claims about longevity and health optimization are far ahead of existing research evidence.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

“They’re counting on the country to have done the right things to keep the airspace safe,” he said, adding that passengers should consult their governments’ travel advice.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

"The meeting is expected to last two days. We are also counting on a European team to join our negotiating group."

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Moving it through a pipeline and into a tanker requires treatment that would add $15 a barrel to its cost, he estimates, not counting the specialized equipment needed to refine it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Looking up, I see the mustached man counting money.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes


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