COUNTED (ON OR UPON) Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

counted (on or upon)

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past tense of count (on or upon)

as in relied (on or upon)

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expected

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That’s thanks to two Democratic incumbents running more strongly than expected in more conservative districts, but also to candidates like Garcia, who’s running neck-and-neck against his GOP rival.

— Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 27 Oct. 2026
But a remarkable number of young people are expected to cast ballots for far-right parties whose messaging is overtly Jewish nationalist.

— Yarden Segev, NBC news, 27 Oct. 2026

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