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!"
Examples of count (someone) in in a Sentence
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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.
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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
On the mound, Marlins lefty A.J. Puk continues to struggle with his pitch count in the first inning.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 10 Apr. 2024
Each felony count in Virginia carries a sentence of up to five years in prison.
—Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN, 9 Apr. 2024
For instance, a small 2013 study done on sperm counts of pre-cum in 27 males found that 41% of the participants had sperm in their pre-cum, with 37% of that being motile (healthy) sperm, while a similar 2016 study on sperm count in pre-cum found healthy sperm in about 17% of participants.
—Emily Shiffer, Parents, 8 Apr. 2024
More than half of the details of the first nationwide census of Ireland, a religious head count in 1766, have been retrieved and published.
—Ed O’Loughlin, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2024
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
On the mound, Marlins lefty A.J. Puk continues to struggle with his pitch count in the first inning.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 10 Apr. 2024
Each felony count in Virginia carries a sentence of up to five years in prison.
—Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN, 9 Apr. 2024
For instance, a small 2013 study done on sperm counts of pre-cum in 27 males found that 41% of the participants had sperm in their pre-cum, with 37% of that being motile (healthy) sperm, while a similar 2016 study on sperm count in pre-cum found healthy sperm in about 17% of participants.
—Emily Shiffer, Parents, 8 Apr. 2024
More than half of the details of the first nationwide census of Ireland, a religious head count in 1766, have been retrieved and published.
—Ed O’Loughlin, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2024
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