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 -
But only the flight hours and minutes on board with the door closed count toward their paycheck.
— Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2024 -
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 -
In Paris, three athletes compete on every event and all scores count toward the team total.
— Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 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 -
The two teams that advance to the championship game will play an extra game (83rd game) for the NBA Cup that won’t count toward the regular season.
— Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 12 July 2024 -
Forwarded messages are free and won't count toward your text plan.
— Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 12 July 2024 -
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 -
According to the judge, the time Gershkovich has already spent in detention since last March will count towards his sentence.
— Sophie Tanno, CNN, 19 July 2024 -
Without proof of her degree, her work this summer at a psychology office won’t count toward her license.
— Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2024
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