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as in counted
to find the sum of (a collection of things) by noting each one as it is being added
number those apples and tell me how many you have
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as in totalled
to have a total of
the full-time staff numbers 30 people
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as in included
to have as part of a whole
is numbered among the great minds of our times
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Recent Examples of numbered
The days of spotty — or worse, no — Wi-Fi on airplanes are numbered, said Air New Zealand CEO Greg Foran.
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Monica Pitrelli, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2024
California’s days at the top may be numbered.
—Monica Hunter-Hart, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Asians, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders numbered around 661,000 in 2023, or about 17% of the total population.
—Christine Clarridge, Axios, 1 Oct. 2024
Later, his high-school graduating class numbered just twenty-five.
—David Fontana, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
Bobbitt agrees the venue’s days of housing major professional sports are numbered.
—Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2024
Monica Pitrelli, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2024
California’s days at the top may be numbered.
—Monica Hunter-Hart, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Asians, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders numbered around 661,000 in 2023, or about 17% of the total population.
—Christine Clarridge, Axios, 1 Oct. 2024
Later, his high-school graduating class numbered just twenty-five.
—David Fontana, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
Bobbitt agrees the venue’s days of housing major professional sports are numbered.
—Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for numbered
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That included missing a wide-open man on a would-be TD down the middle of the field.Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 16 Nov. 2024
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Cash provided by investing activities included $235,733 of extension payments made to the trust, $204,460 of reimbursement from the trust of franchise and income tax payments, and cash withdrawn from the trust of $2,653,439 in relation to stock redemptions.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 15 Nov. 2024
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Unlike a chatbot, an agent works within the parameters of a process and is told which applications or services to use.Jason Andersen, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Rasmussen told the Journal Sentinel that there's an incredibly high bar that the Democratic Party would have to overcome to win over his vote in November.Tamia Fowlkes, Journal Sentinel, 4 Oct. 2024
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This reusable, insulated tumbler keeps her drinks hot for hours—and comes with a secure lid to help keep them contained.Christa Joanna Lee, Glamour, 4 Oct. 2024
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The report found Quan’s system contained a toxic mix of drugs at the time of his death, which included fentanyl, alprazolam, codeine, promethazine and THC.Michael Saponara, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2024
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Part of that curriculum involved Día de los Muertos, which Gonzales described as an Indigenous ceremony that dates back millennia to the Aztec people of Mexico.Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, The Denver Post, 16 Nov. 2024
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Two former sales leaders involved in the effort likened it to a drug dealer hooking a user with free samples.Renee Dudley, ProPublica, 15 Nov. 2024
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The only surviving print, while in excellent condition, was missing its third reel, which encompassed Renfield’s seduction by Dracula’s brides and the count’s stormy voyage to England.Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2024
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The Astros were revealed to be using the sign-stealing system from as early as 2016 into the 2018 season — which encompassed their 2017 World Series win.Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2024
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The Knights, led by fellow Sharks prospect Sam Dickinson, carried a nine-game win streak into Friday and had an overall record of 13-4-0-0.Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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The White House Offer would lead customers to buy other Microsoft products that ran on Azure, the company’s cloud platform, which carried additional charges based on how much storage space and computing power the customer used.Renee Dudley, ProPublica, 15 Nov. 2024
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Segment sales totaled roughly 312,500 units through September of this year.Michael Wayland, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2024
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Severe damage from Hurricane Helene flooding has left thousands without power in Western North Carolina, destroyed roads, and totaled houses and businesses.Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 2 Oct. 2024
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Space Weather Prediction Center Parts of the country were treated to the northern lights last spring when a powerful geomagnetic storm reached Earth.Alex Sundby, CBS News, 4 Oct. 2024
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In a story by the Record-Courier, if lower G3 levels in a geomagnetic storm are reached in the late evening or early morning, the aurora may be visible for areas in Ohio down to the Ohio River.Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Numbered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/numbered. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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