count (out)

verb

Definition of count (out)next
as in to exclude
to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of I don't feel well, so count me out for the party tonight

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  1. exclude
  2. ban
  3. bar
  4. eliminate
  5. prevent
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  • The committee standards also excluded studies that were not clear on how foods were considered ultraprocessed — a common occurrence due to ongoing controversy among nutritionists as to how to define ultraprocessed foods.
    Sandee LaMotte, CNN, 22 Nov. 2024
  • For a married couple, if both spouses are age 70½ or over when the distributions are made and both have IRAs, each spouse can exclude up to $105,000 for a total of up to $210,000 per year.
    James Brewer, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of exclude
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  • Approximately 15 editions were in circulation before the Catholic Church banned the text by listing it on the Index of Prohibited Books in 1559.
    Amarachi Orie, CNN, 22 Nov. 2024
  • This false narrative has made a lot of tribal funding in North America contingent on sobriety; alcohol was banned on U.S. reservations until the 1950s.
    Sofia Perez, Saveur, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of ban
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  • Since 1987, the FDA has barred interstate shipments of the product and mandated milk be pasteurized, but states control raw milk sales within their borders. Pasteurization, named after French chemist and microbiologist Louis Pasteur, was invented in the 19th century.
    Natalie Daher, Axios, 20 Nov. 2024
  • The post is correct in asserting that directives are not laws and that the 1878 Posse Comitatus Act generally bars the military from acting as a domestic police force.
    Joedy McCreary, USA TODAY, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of bar
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  • There are also concerns the administration could narrow the scope of loans available to help students attain higher education, like eliminating Parent PLUS loans for undergraduates and graduate student PLUS loans — both of which Project 2025 calls for, Rosinger said.
    Ivana Saric, Axios, 20 Nov. 2024
  • The board eliminated the Sheriff’s Executive Director of Administration role, a position held by Aenlle, only for Corpus to promote him to assistant sheriff. County Executive Mike Callagy added that Aenlle’s access to all county buildings that are closed to the general public would be revoked.
    Ryan Macasero, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024
Definition of eliminate
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  • Once Trump withdraws America’s aegis over these allies, what is to prevent old hostilities from resurfacing, from enmities between Germany and France or Germany and Poland to lingering resentments between the Japanese and Koreans?
    Andreas Kluth, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
  • In the current proposal for land possession there, private land prevents the Crow from visiting many of these sites without permission from the landowner.
    Ryleigh Nucilli, Outside Online, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of prevent
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“Count (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/count%20%28out%29. Accessed 4 Dec. 2024.

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