quick count

collocation in English

meaningsofquickandcount

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quick
adjective
uk
/kwɪk/us
/kwɪk/
happening or done with great speed, or lasting only a ...
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count
noun
uk
/kaʊnt/us
/kaʊnt/
the act of counting, or the total number of ...
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(Definition ofquickandcountfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofquick count

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The domestic group deployed over 19,000 observers around the country, and carried out aquickcountthat turned out to be of paramount importance on election night.
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Indeed, on thatquickcount, 14 recommendations have not been accepted.
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I do not know whether he has had aquickcountand can tell us what the latest figures are.
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On aquickcount, the figure for the northern region is £11 million, but for the north-west, which the west coast mainline also affects, the figure is a good deal higher.
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He is doing aquickcount.
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Key audiences must also see aquickcountsponsor as independent.
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The prominent pollsters quickly modified projections based on samples of actual vote counts from selected polling places, better known as thequickcount.
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Groups that try to collect data from every polling station attempt a comprehensivequickcount.
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Quickcountleaders should identify their goals to facilitate both a strategic approach and a tactical plan.
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In some cases, even if feasible, the requirements for a successfulquickcountare absent.
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Headline numbers, quick counts and one-off sample surveys do not answer that question.
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Quick counts are used to monitor the vote as a reasonably straightforward arithmetic exercise.
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Quick counts do not rely on asking voters, or anyone else, how they might vote or require that voters divulge how they did vote.
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Mitofsky has directed exit polls and quick counts since 1967 for almost 3,000 electoral contests.
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