- present participle of count.
counting
Example Sentences
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Polls will close at 10:00 pm, with counting beginning immediately and a result expected by around 7:00 am Friday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
With almost no vessels currently moving on Ukraine's Black Sea shipping corridor, traders are already counting the cost of this summer's closure.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Still, his winding career path is atypical for the type of bat that a playoff hopeful like the Phillies is counting on to boost their chances.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
“At least 140 members of the El Sistema staff and educators were killed or are unaccounted for,” Dudamel said, and that’s not counting what may have happened to a great many children and their families.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
“Pa, you’ve got to. We’ve done it before. Made the hard journey, counting on each other.”
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
