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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How can a story justify that approach to a character whose violence reaches a body count in the millions?
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Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2025
Scientists counted 191 of them last April, the highest count in 25 years.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 4 Feb. 2025
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.
—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
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Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2025
Scientists counted 191 of them last April, the highest count in 25 years.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 4 Feb. 2025
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.
—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
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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 24 Feb. 2025.
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