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- noun Plural form of
counter . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
counter .
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Examples
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Less and less, then, will the juggling of finance have power over us; for it does not matter what they call the counters when you are exchanging hams for handkerchiefs, or pigs for pianos.
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Less and less, then, will the juggling of finance have power over us; for it does not matter what they call the counters when you are exchanging hams for handkerchiefs, or pigs for pianos.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton Maisie Ward 1932
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Ms. McLaughlin counters that environmental initiatives are among the fastest-growing sectors of the local economy, and says she would support a Chevron plan with better public-health regulations.
Fiscal Strains Crowd Out Social Issues Vauhini Vara 2010
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Palin counters by arriving with her own film crew, subsequently releasing raw feed of interview to YouTube in an effort to expose liberal-media editing tricks designed to discredit her.
Sarah Palin on 'Oprah': Five best-case (or maybe worst-case?) scenarios | EW.com 2009
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Not only do they have Queue-busters – mobile check-in counters that Sanjay mentioned in the first part of his interview last week, but they are also the first airline to have welcome announcements on the “coach” that takes passengers to the aircraft.
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The solution to whites only lunch counters is to permit blacks only lunch counters.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Bruce Bartlett’s Attack on Libertarianism 2010
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The cost of opening a student-run bank is minimal for most schools, Harris says, and usually all that's needed is donated space where the institution can do any necessary renovations and put in counters and equipment.
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The solution to whites only lunch counters is to permit blacks only lunch counters.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Bruce Bartlett’s Attack on Libertarianism 2010
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Not only do they have Queue-busters – mobile check-in counters that Sanjay mentioned in the first part of his interview last week, but they are also the first airline to have welcome announcements on the “coach” that takes passengers to the aircraft.
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If McCain counters by reminding voters that he almost switched parties and was courted as VP candidate by the dems and Kerry, all in the last 8 years that Obama tries to portray him as a Bush crony, he just ticks off his base.
The Early Word: Whose Narrative Is It, Anyway? - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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