counts (out)

verb

present tense third-person singular of count (out)
as in excludes
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for counts (out)
  1. excludes
  2. bans
  3. bars
  4. eliminates
  5. prevents
  6. shuts out
  7. prohibits
Verb
  • That figure excludes its largest heavy-duty trucks, which are classified differently.
    — Michael Wayland, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Per iSpot, the Kelces have accounted for nearly 14% of all ad airings featuring celebrity talent during NFL games thus far, a tally that excludes network promos, streaming show promos and trailers.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of excludes
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  • Federal law currently bans most robocalls to cellphones unless the caller gets consent beforehand.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Thursday’s announcement formally bans Microsoft, Adobe, Cognizant, Infosys, and four other companies from the permanent labor certification process.
    — Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of bans
Verb
  • Immigration and the border California law bars local law enforcement from cooperating with federal immigration officials except in the cases of people convicted of certain high-level felonies.
    — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The law bars discrimination based on race, color or national origin in programs that receive federal money.
    — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of bars
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  • Kwon said the South Korean military removed a North Korean minefield around the blast site on Monday and will remove other North Korean minefields placed south of the border unless North Korea voluntarily eliminates them.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The New Advantages So how can small companies compete as AI eliminates the old advantages?
    — Bonnie Le Page, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of eliminates
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  • Justices Elena Kagan, Ketanji Brown Jackson, and Sonia Sotomayor dissented, arguing that allowing the case to move forward prevents the lower court from considering Pike’s allegations from her childhood.
    — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Newsom signed a similar bill that prevents federal agents from becoming police in California if their federal badge was revoked for misconduct.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of prevents
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  • That is because networks increasingly stay in-house, which helps makes the economics of broadcast work but essentially shuts out third-party suppliers.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The birthplace criterion also shuts out key figures of the Harlem Renaissance — including Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes and Louis Armstrong — who were born in the American South and moved to New York as part of the Great Migration.
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 10 June 2026
Definition of shuts out
Verb
  • The law prohibits federal officials from stationing troops or armed personnel at polling places, except when necessary to repel armed enemies of the United States.
    — TIME Staff, Time, 3 Oct. 2026
  • California law allows police to share license plate reader data with other California public agencies, but prohibits sharing it with federal and out-of-state agencies.
    — Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of prohibits
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“Counts (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counts%20%28out%29. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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