count (someone) in
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: to plan to include (someone) in an activity : to consider (someone) as one of the people who will be doing something
"Do you want to go to the beach with us?" "Yes! Count me in!"
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Whether these ballots will count in the Griffin-Riggs race is currently being considered in parallel legal proceedings at the North Carolina Supreme Court and 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
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Doug Bock Clark, ProPublica, 18 Jan. 2025
That's down from 626 in 2023, which marked the highest count in the last decade.
—Kate Murphy, Axios, 14 Jan. 2025
In a recent business survey, LaSalle Network found that 67% of small and midsize companies plan to increase head count in 2025, down from 74% the year before.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 9 Jan. 2025
On that day in 2009, the list also included Leila de Lima, the head of the Philippine Commission on Human Rights, who had been leading a monthslong investigation into the rising body count in Davao City.
—Jes Aznar, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2025
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Doug Bock Clark, ProPublica, 18 Jan. 2025
That's down from 626 in 2023, which marked the highest count in the last decade.
—Kate Murphy, Axios, 14 Jan. 2025
In a recent business survey, LaSalle Network found that 67% of small and midsize companies plan to increase head count in 2025, down from 74% the year before.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 9 Jan. 2025
On that day in 2009, the list also included Leila de Lima, the head of the Philippine Commission on Human Rights, who had been leading a monthslong investigation into the rising body count in Davao City.
—Jes Aznar, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2025
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“Count (someone) in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/count%20%28someone%29%20in. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.
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