- present participle of count.
counting
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First of all, Alaska is a full 900 time zones behind the continental United States, so its counting won’t be done until late.
From Slate ● Oct. 24, 2026
Based on the evidence we have, intermittent fasting isn’t superior to calorie counting for weight loss, and many claims about longevity and health optimization are far ahead of existing research evidence.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
That would undermine the advertising opportunity investors are counting on.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
The government is still counting the cost of the high school protests.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
I took Gran’s initial resting heart rate, counting a total of thirty-four beats for thirty seconds, and scribbled sixty-eight in my notebook.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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