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People have counted on them for centuries

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I believe the answer is:

abaci

(Other definitions for abaci that I've seen before include "These help with numbers" , "summers" , "They can be counted on" , "sliding scales for calculation?" , "Simplistic adding machines" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.
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