How to Use count toward/towards in a Sentence

count toward/towards

phrasal verb

• Owen Avrit’s 10-over didn’t count toward the team score on Monday.
  — James Crepea | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 30 May 2022
• Lids: Lids count toward the number of pieces in a cookware set.
  — Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2023
• Aiden Krafft’s 11-over round didn’t count towards the team’s score on Sunday.
  — oregonlive, 29 May 2023
• Each fish must be at least 12 inches in length to count toward the total.
  — Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2023
• The waiver means that those payments will now count toward the program.
  — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2022
• Though the score would not count toward the competition, the pair earned 10s across the board for the season's first perfect score.
  — Peoplemag, 6 Feb. 2023
• All the work is optional and will not count toward a student’s grade.
  — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2023
• Anything paid at the cash price doesn’t count toward your deductible.
  — Rachel Murphy, Verywell Health, 8 Mar. 2023
• Finish times in 2024 will not count toward race placement in next year’s event.
  — Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 13 Feb. 2024
• But the matchup with Stanford will not count toward the conference standings.
  — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2024
• Like the Open Cup, Leagues Cup doesn’t count toward the regular season standings.
  — The Enquirer, 22 Aug. 2023
• Worse, house arrest doesn’t count toward time served if the child is eventually sent to prison.
  — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023
• To make up for it, the company will give those affected a $5 credit that will count toward their next bill.
  — Jody Serrano / Gizmodo, Quartz, 26 Feb. 2024
• Subsidized units built on any public land, whether that of a school district or a smaller city, would count toward the goal.
  — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Oct. 2022
• While plug-in hybrids count toward reaching the state’s goal, hybrids without plugs do not.
  — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 May 2024
• Hutchinson said rental units owned in other states count toward that total.
  — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2024
• Google says steps already taken will count toward streaks.
  — Victoria Song, The Verge, 17 Oct. 2023
• July began with 10 killings in five days, pushing the city’s homicide count toward its highest mark in two decades.
  — Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2023
• Overtime doesn’t count toward the tally, Griffith said.
  — Everton Bailey Jr., Dallas News, 22 Mar. 2023
• Conscripts who choose to sign longer-term military contracts would count toward Shoigu’s goal.
  — Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2023
• Rosenfeld said that her five and a half years in custody would count towards that sentence and she could be released next year on good behavior.
  — Taigi Smith, ABC News, 5 May 2023
• The good news: You aren’t taxed on the withdrawal, and the withdrawal could count toward satisfying some, or possibly all, of your RMD for the year.
  — Glenn Ruffenach, WSJ, 27 Nov. 2022
• Group play games will count toward the regular-season standings, too.
  — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2023
• And both of those games do count toward regular season results.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2024
• All of the 67 games across both stages of the tournament will count toward the regular-season standings except the championship game.
  — Jim Owczarski, Journal Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2023
• That means Proposition 208 dollars must count toward the spending cap.
  — Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 8 Jan. 2022
• For example, grocery purchases at some of the largest retailers in the U.S. won't count toward rewards with some types of cards.
  — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 19 July 2023
• But if the tune remains substantially the same, all versions — live tracks, remixes and acoustic remakes — count toward the same goal.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 23 Oct. 2023
• Bonus money does not count towards a players on-course earnings on the official money list.
  — Todd Kelly, The Arizona Republic, 8 Aug. 2023
• The top eight finishers get points, eight for first, seven for second, etc., that count toward the drivers’ championship.
  — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 4 May 2024

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024