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Recent Examples of countable
Time for rest and relaxation has no countable home in the capitalist economy of life.
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Rachelle Wilson Tollemar, The Conversation, 27 Oct. 2025
However, the massive gold deposits in California inspired Congress to authorize a gold coin that was twice as big as a way to turn the Golden State’s riches into spendable and countable money.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 20 Nov. 2024
The shift removed a previous rule in which the maximum number of countable coaches was 11.
—Jesse Temple, The Athletic, 1 Aug. 2024
Chancery Court found Chambliss made a persuasive case at this early stage in the litigation that the NCAA unreasonably denied him eligibility to play a fourth countable season of college football in what will be his sixth year of college.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
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Rachelle Wilson Tollemar, The Conversation, 27 Oct. 2025
However, the massive gold deposits in California inspired Congress to authorize a gold coin that was twice as big as a way to turn the Golden State’s riches into spendable and countable money.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 20 Nov. 2024
The shift removed a previous rule in which the maximum number of countable coaches was 11.
—Jesse Temple, The Athletic, 1 Aug. 2024
Chancery Court found Chambliss made a persuasive case at this early stage in the litigation that the NCAA unreasonably denied him eligibility to play a fourth countable season of college football in what will be his sixth year of college.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for countable
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In terms of what a hypothetical bipartisan bill to limit gerrymandering might look like, there are a number of different proposals for how to accomplish something like it, and there are at least a few different levers that reformers could potentially pull.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
15 May 2026
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Today’s Hollywood stars — Taylor Russell, Greta Lee, Anya Taylor-Joy, Alison Oliver, Jisoo, Maude Apatow, Jeff Goldblum, Sabrina Carpenter, to name a few — were in attendance.—
Julissa James,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2026
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Marettimo The most remote of the Egadi Islands, tiny Marettimo—accessible via ferry from Trapani—remains delightfully rustic thanks to its limited accessibility, near absence of cars, and lack of large hotels.—
Nicky Swallow,
Travel + Leisure,
17 May 2026
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And while the state has seen strong GDP growth in recent months, business groups still worry that this economic success could be stifled by limited job growth and economic uncertainty in the wake of federal policy changes.—
P.R. Lockhart,
Hartford Courant,
17 May 2026
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“Countable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/countable. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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