count on

Example Sentences

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The Trojans will welcome the country’s top-rated recruiting class, but how many freshmen could they realistically count on to produce right away?

From Los Angeles Times

But a far stronger feeling pervaded fields such as this one: That for now, as in the past, one simply had to work because everything counted on it.

From Los Angeles Times

Within the luxury industry, brands that count on aspirational shoppers for a sizable chunk of their U.S. business include the likes of Gucci, Burberry and Saint Laurent.

From The Wall Street Journal

And the farmers were unable to count on a key revenue source to keep their farms afloat.

From Salon

The players believed in themselves, because they could not count on anyone else to believe in them.

From Los Angeles Times