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count

[kount] / kaʊnt /








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Can companies count on stable supply-chains in North America?

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

During the “Power Hour” between 1-2 p.m. from Aug. 20 to Sept. 25, votes count double per category.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

The summer count of caravans, carried out each July, saw a 44% rise between 2019 and 2025, from 3,113 to 4,471.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

One thing the Federal Reserve could always count on to keep inflation low was falling prices for computers, cellphones and other high-tech stuff — but not anymore.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

Our eyes met across the table once more, not that I was keeping count.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Some inventory counts reported as part of the bankruptcy proceedings were incorrect, leaving the company scrambling to find enough ingredients, such as buffalo sauce and croutons, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

What counts as heat, and what qualifies as useful work when a machine is made from only an atom and particles of light?

From Science Daily Aug. 19, 2026

Not only are the states seeking billions of dollars from Meta, they are demanding it make changes to Instagram and Facebook, including ending "like" counts and infinite scroll.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

Officials in Michigan, one state with a disproportionately large number of illnesses, said earlier this month that it had become safer to eat lettuce and salad greens as case counts started to fall.

From MarketWatch Aug. 18, 2026

In a Washington courtroom a week later, G. Gordon Liddy stood with his arms folded, his face impassive, as the clerk read the jury’s verdict: guilty on eight counts related to the Watergate break-in.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

Hedge funds, counted as “households” in Fed records, have helped pick up the slack.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

If all energy leaving the cavity is counted as heat, the theory does not make the same consistent transition.

From Science Daily Aug. 19, 2026

And with left tackle Alaric Jackson possibly facing a suspension if the NFL determines that he violated the league’s personal conduct policy, Trost could be counted on immediately.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 15, 2026

Capital gains, dividends and interest on your taxable brokerage account, however, are counted.

From MarketWatch Aug. 14, 2026

I counted over 30 plates they took off, each one a few feet tall & wide.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman

The company is also counting on cozy and nostalgic flavors.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

Vote counting was under way early Friday after an unusual English by-election shunned by mainstream parties, pitting influential hard-right leader Nigel Farage against Count Binface, a man with a rubbish bin on his head.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

He keeps mentioning that he’s working to adjust his schedule so he doesn’t have to work late, seemingly for his own lifestyle, but I’m not counting on it.

From MarketWatch Aug. 14, 2026

With almost no vessels currently moving on Ukraine's Black Sea shipping corridor, traders are already counting the cost of this summer's closure.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

Boomer Malone began counting walnuts: “...twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four...”

From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson




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