- present participle of count.
counting
Example Sentences
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The loopholes have been glaring at the Ram temple, with the accused reportedly taking advantage of weak counting processes and surveillance lapses.
From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026
Tuchel was hampered by Arsenal duo Declan Rice and Bukayo Saka struggling with illness and injuries, reducing the effectiveness of a pair he would have been counting on.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Florko, a staff writer at the Atlantic, made that pronouncement long before the multistate outbreak of Cyclospora cayetanensis, a parasite that is associated with explosive diarrhea and has spread across 34 states and counting.
From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026
Are we counting since forever or just this year?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
When he said that, I had to start counting again, because I forgot what number I’d counted to already.
From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff
