How to Use count toward/towards in a Sentence

count toward/towards

phrasal verb
  • Be aware that your first wager of the day will count toward the promo.
    — Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Keep in mind that your first bet each day will count toward the promo.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
  • But these games do not count towards the overall record.
    — Will Jeanes, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
  • 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
  • Pearsall is on the Non-Football Injury List and does not count toward the 53-man roster.
    — Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 27 Sep. 2024
  • 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 cost of the deposit voucher will count towards the overall package price.
    — Eduardo Tansley, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Any value above that amount doesn’t count toward your loan.
    — Gabriel O Rodriguez, Sacramento Bee, 26 Feb. 2025
  • 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
  • Sanders compiled those stats in just 11 games — at a time when NCAA rules meant his bowl game stats would not count toward the total.
    — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 2 Jan. 2025
  • The game doesn't count toward the season, but it was newly hired Coach John Calipari's first debut.
    — Alex Golden, Axios, 28 Oct. 2024
  • To determine a winner, all six scores on each event would count toward the team total.
    — Tess Demeyer, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
  • But the matchup with Stanford will not count toward the conference standings.
    — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2024
  • All six compete, but only the five highest scores count toward the team total.
    — Tess Demeyer, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
  • 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
  • Just like the existing rules, the new catch-up contribution will not count toward the overall employer and employee funding limits.
    — Kristin McKenna, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025

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