count for

Have importance or worth, as in Doesn't his long tenure count for anything? or Does this tournament count for computer points? This usage employs count in the sense of “enter into a reckoning.” [Mid-1800s]
count for nothing . Have no influence or effect, as in All his work counts for nothing since they've dropped the project . This idiom was first recorded in 1861.

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Only when closer Easton Hawk struck out Murray State’s Dominic Decker on a full count for the final out could the Bruins exhale.

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For these young voters the principle rather than the policy area appeared to count for more.

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After a humbling defeat by Danielle Collins in the Italian Open third round, Swiatek insisted her previous French Open record would count for nothing.

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Parra and Salazar were each charged with one count for possession of drugs with the intent to distribute.

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This would be an incendiary change that would only seem to worsen the vote count for House Republican leaders.

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