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count (up to)

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Definition of count (up to)

as in to number

to have a total of that counts up to a pretty sum over the course of several years

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The details of the bodies are documented and the graves numbered so that family members can return and reclaim them.

— Bilal Shbeir, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Although the numbers on the chassis were divided into various unrelated intervals, the transmissions appeared to be numbered sequentially, as were the tank guns, heaters, road wheels and turret engines.

— Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 7 July 2026

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