counting
Example Sentences
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"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
Dr Miskellah, from the Kenyan doctors' union, said he was concerned that governments were counting on the "honesty and full co-operation of the travellers to self-declare, to say the truth" about their health.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
The point is that AI will almost certainly raise productivity and economic growth, but not necessarily in ways that translate directly into revenue, or the fat returns investors are counting on.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
For those who are counting, that’s a glorious extra 5 cents an hour.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
The walls were bare except for a single cheap clock that hung off-center on the wall next to the television, like it was counting down the minutes until you disappeared into a pit of despair.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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