Sentence examples similar to count as rejection from inspiring English sources

Count as far as you can.

Toys count as treats as well.

The personality counts as well.

Feelings count for as much as facts.

Since the law counts absentee votes as rejections, 55% disapproved of Citigroup bankers' pay.

One presents as celebration, the other as rejection.

I guess that was interpreted as rejection of you.

The ensuing silence was finally recognized as rejection.

Cessation of beating was interpreted as rejection.

The new request for information does not count as an invitation to resubmit the plan, or a rejection, so it does not appear to put the project any closer to rejection or acceptance.

Does that count as progress?