count (someone) in

idiom

: to plan to include (someone) in an activity : to consider (someone) as one of the people who will be doing something
"Do you want to go to the beach with us?" "Yes! Count me in!"

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Recent Examples on the Web As of the last count in 2020, the U.S. Census Bureau said Vega’s old home county has 1.9 million people; Sacramento County, the agency said, has about 350,000 fewer residents. Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 30 May 2024 Not only is this generation great at making their opinion count in the household, but also has some spending power of their own. Byjeena Sharma, Fortune, 24 May 2024 Cruz Montano Alduenda, 57, pleaded no contest to a single vehicular manslaughter count in the September 2021 crash that killed siblings Honesty Jenkins, 6, and Damarion Jenkins, 11, court records show. Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 23 May 2024 What's more, Yu and his team found a correlation between lower sperm count in the dog testicles and the presence of PVC (the analysis couldn't be done on the human samples because of how they had been stored). Will Stone, NPR, 22 May 2024 In an effort to balance the budget, his administration proposed that the $8.8 billion allocated to schools in 2022-23 would be designated as prepayments for the future — meaning that money won’t count in calculating Prop 98 baseline funds moving forward. Molly Gibbs, The Mercury News, 18 May 2024 Many people chuckled or laughed in the courtroom, including several jurors. – Aysha Bagchi Chart shows invoices, vouchers, and checks for each count in Trump indictment Jarmel-Schneider testified about a chart that has been shown to show jurors. Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 10 May 2024 Biologists counted 191 Devils Hole pupfish (Cyprinodon diabolis) during their annual spring season fish count in Death Valley National Park–one of the driest places on Earth. Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 9 May 2024 The last count in 2022 tallied 5,718 people either living on the streets in Orange County or staying in shelters. Destiny Torres, Orange County Register, 8 May 2024

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“Count (someone) in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/count%20%28someone%29%20in. Accessed 2 Jun. 2024.

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