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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
While Spanish chroniclers numbered the population around the time of European contact to have been 1 million, anthropologists have disputed this, arguing instead for the population to have been 6–12 million.
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Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
It's sold in handcrafted and numbered ceramic bottles shaped like a copper brewing kettle.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
This case numbered among the 22 financial crimes Alex pleaded guilty to.
—Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
Dwindled in size from the thousands of Nebraska fans who took over this stadium in fourth quarter on Saturday, the throng still numbered hundreds outside of the gates near the Huskers’ locker room some 50 minutes after the game ended.
—Mitch Sherman, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
Copies were numbered between 1 and 192 and inscribed with the reviewer’s name.
—Alexander Sorondo, Air Mail, 11 Oct. 2025
Most of the crowd, which numbered around 25,000, was rooting for Argentina and erupted when Lo Celso’s shot hit the back of the net.
—Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2025
Pricing is set at $250, and each pair is numbered out of 1,993.
—Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2025
By the mid-18th century, the settlement numbered around 2,000, most of Genoese origin.
—Miquel Ros, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
It's sold in handcrafted and numbered ceramic bottles shaped like a copper brewing kettle.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
This case numbered among the 22 financial crimes Alex pleaded guilty to.
—Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
Dwindled in size from the thousands of Nebraska fans who took over this stadium in fourth quarter on Saturday, the throng still numbered hundreds outside of the gates near the Huskers’ locker room some 50 minutes after the game ended.
—Mitch Sherman, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
Copies were numbered between 1 and 192 and inscribed with the reviewer’s name.
—Alexander Sorondo, Air Mail, 11 Oct. 2025
Most of the crowd, which numbered around 25,000, was rooting for Argentina and erupted when Lo Celso’s shot hit the back of the net.
—Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2025
Pricing is set at $250, and each pair is numbered out of 1,993.
—Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2025
By the mid-18th century, the settlement numbered around 2,000, most of Genoese origin.
—Miquel Ros, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for numbered
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The goal was counted good on the ice, but it was quickly overturned on replay, which showed Voronkov using the back heel of his right skate to kick the puck into the net.—
Aaron Portzline,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Although not counted as a turnover, the Boise State defense also easily stopped a Nevada fake field goal in the first quarter.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
25 Oct. 2025
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Other photos in the bunch included a mirror selfie with his hair pushed back courtesy of a headband, his Cloud23 hot sauce on store shelves, Animal-style fries from In-N-Out Burger (plus plenty of ketchup) and more of life’s special little moments.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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The range of the monster drawings included primitive people, giant spiders, serpents, snails and fantastical fish.—
Jaden Thompson,
Footwear News,
22 Oct. 2025
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Here's what the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, which distributes SNAP benefits, told IndyStar about the impact on SNAP.—
Hayleigh Colombo,
IndyStar,
24 Oct. 2025
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After surviving the massacre and making a recovery that surprised even her doctors, Sophia returned home in time to celebrate her upcoming 13th birthday, a family spokesperson told CNN.—
Cindy Von Quednow,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
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Rental concessions averaged $107 in the third quarter, bringing the average effective rent to $1,709 a month.—
Aldo Svaldi,
Denver Post,
22 Oct. 2025
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In September, Border Patrol agents averaged roughly 279 apprehensions per day along the Southwest border — about 8,300 for the month — marking a 95% drop from the previous administration’s daily average of about 5,110 between February 2021 and December 2024, according to CBP figures.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
8 Oct. 2025
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The material contained on this site is intended to inform, entertain and educate the reader and in no way represents an inducement to gamble legally or illegally or any sort of professional advice.—
Matthew Glowicki,
Louisville Courier Journal,
22 Oct. 2025
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Imagine, though, that all the books ingested by LLM training sets only contained the information on the dust jackets.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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Those virtual hangouts comprised breakfast, lunch, and walks.—
Essence,
Essence,
24 Oct. 2025
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The latter comprised Copenhagen Fashion Week’s chief executive officer Cecilie Thorsmark; Mulberry CEO Andrea Baldo; Tekla CEO Kristoffer Juhl; Ganni cofounder Nicolaj Reffstrup, and Rikke Amtorp, head of brand and creative at Magasin du Nord, to cite a few.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
23 Oct. 2025
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Perhaps above all, the new era involved the rapid expansion and growth in density of networks that enabled unprecedented movement of commodities, people, information (including the measurements recorded by Sabine’s observatories), and invasive organisms.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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The study used data from surveys of 126 parents who experienced domestic or intimate partner violence and had been involved in a family court case between 2021 and 2023.—
Ashley Luthern,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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The species is specific to the North Atlantic Ocean, so estimates are not aggregated with other regional right whales, including the endangered North Pacific right whale and the Southern right whale.—
Lex Goldstein,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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All distance ladder methods, when aggregated together, average out to a value of 73-74 km/s/Mpc, with the best of those methods having gotten down to a 1-2% uncertainty.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Numbered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/numbered. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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