- present participle of count.
counting
Example Sentences
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Paramount will have a lot of debt and is counting on aggressive cost-cutting to make the deal work.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 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
Companies started to realize they need to be more careful about counting their tokens, the units that measure AI use.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Oli McBurnie did some work beforehand - his wait for a goal goes on, 19 caps and counting - then the wonderful Billy Gilmour got involved.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
She was counting on Charlotte to find it in her backpack and assume that it had always been there, overlooked somehow.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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