How to Use count toward/towards in a Sentence

count toward/towards

phrasal verb
Definition of count toward/towardsnext
  • 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
  • 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 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
  • But the matchup with Stanford will not count toward the conference standings.
    — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2024
  • 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
  • The two teams that advance to the championship game will play an extra game (83rd game) for the NBA Cup that won’t count toward the regular season.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 12 July 2024
  • Forwarded messages are free and won't count toward your text plan.
    — Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 12 July 2024
  • July began with 10 killings in five days, pushing the city’s homicide count toward its highest mark in two decades.
    — Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2023
  • Overtime doesn’t count toward the tally, Griffith said.
    — Everton Bailey Jr., Dallas News, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Conscripts who choose to sign longer-term military contracts would count toward Shoigu’s goal.
    — Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Rosenfeld said that her five and a half years in custody would count towards that sentence and she could be released next year on good behavior.
    — Taigi Smith, ABC News, 5 May 2023
  • The good news: You aren’t taxed on the withdrawal, and the withdrawal could count toward satisfying some, or possibly all, of your RMD for the year.
    — Glenn Ruffenach, WSJ, 27 Nov. 2022
  • Group play games will count toward the regular-season standings, too.
    — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2023
  • And both of those games do count toward regular season results.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Prior to 2018, high school students who fell behind and switched schools didn’t count toward either school’s tally.
    — Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 3 June 2024
  • All of the 67 games across both stages of the tournament will count toward the regular-season standings except the championship game.
    — Jim Owczarski, Journal Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2023

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