1
as in to estimate
to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement
tried to reckon the size of the crowd at the stadium
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2
as in to think
chiefly dialect
to have as an opinion
I reckon you must be new to these parts
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3
as in to calculate
to determine (a value) by doing the necessary mathematical operations
reckoned the runner's pace by dividing her finishing time by the race distance
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as in to rely
to place reliance or trust
don't reckon on being provided with low-cost housing if you take a summer job there
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Recent Examples of reckon
The media giant is still reckoning with widespread backlash over benching Jimmy Kimmel last week and an ensuing boycott by some viewers before his show returned to the air.
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Meghan Pryce, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
Season 4 will close out the story with Will (Jabari Banks) navigating the excitement and challenges of senior year, while Carlton (Olly Sholotan) reckons with the fallout of life-altering decisions.
—Shelby Stewart, Essence, 24 Sep. 2025
Fully reckoning with digital settler colonialism necessitates considering its various manifestations and the forces that sustain it—as well as—most importantly—examples of resistance.
—Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
When strung together, these hand signs appear to form Long Count dates, the Maya system for reckoning absolute time since a mythic creation in 3114 BCE.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2025
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Meghan Pryce, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
Season 4 will close out the story with Will (Jabari Banks) navigating the excitement and challenges of senior year, while Carlton (Olly Sholotan) reckons with the fallout of life-altering decisions.
—Shelby Stewart, Essence, 24 Sep. 2025
Fully reckoning with digital settler colonialism necessitates considering its various manifestations and the forces that sustain it—as well as—most importantly—examples of resistance.
—Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
When strung together, these hand signs appear to form Long Count dates, the Maya system for reckoning absolute time since a mythic creation in 3114 BCE.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reckon
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The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office on Tuesday estimated that a shutdown could furlough roughly 750,000 federal workers each day, depriving them of about $400 million in wages daily.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
1 Oct. 2025
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Researchers estimate that advances in screening account for about one-quarter of the drop in breast cancer deaths, while improved treatments are responsible for the other three-quarters.—
Dr. Noor Shaik,
ABC News,
1 Oct. 2025
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Gonzalez, the former National Security Council official, said senior policymakers thought that embassy staff were showing favoritism to Bukele, sending reports that minimized the growing crisis of democracy in El Salvador.—
T. Christian Miller,
ProPublica,
30 Sep. 2025
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Initially, the source was thought to be in an area between the football stadium and the high school’s dock area, but the gas utility determined that the leak was somewhere within the building.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
29 Sep. 2025
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The cost-of-living readings for July, August and September are used to calculate the annual Social Security COLA.—
Scott Horsley,
NPR,
1 Oct. 2025
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As a general rule of thumb, always calculate and compare both the cash price and the points redemption value before booking.—
Meghan Hunter,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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During the last government shutdown in 2018-19, there were reports of trash piling up at national park sites and the organization relied on nonprofits and volunteers to keep up certain services.—
Katie Wiseman,
IndyStar,
2 Oct. 2025
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China has its own ultra-fast system, which Tesla relies on for the Chinese market.—
Rebecca A. Fannin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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The Tonale’s base price is appealing, but be sure to consider the high delivery charge and price leap from gasoline to PHEV.—
Mark Phelan,
USA Today,
27 Sep. 2025
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Shehadeh said the city should consider alternative colors, such as America’s red, white and blue, instead of just white and blue, which may cause people to associate it strictly with Israel.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
26 Sep. 2025
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Before, players could at least guess at the nature of a game, as each suit represented a different kind of competition.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
26 Sep. 2025
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What makes addressUSA different AddressUSA does more than guess.—
Mary Beth Eastman,
USA Today,
25 Sep. 2025
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Banda believes that, with Usagi dead, Arisu will choose to stay in Borderland.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
26 Sep. 2025
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Many of singer D4vd’s friends in the Los Angeles music scene had come to believe that Celeste Rivas Hernandez was his 19-year-old girlfriend, long before the 15-year-old’s body was found dismembered in the trunk of his Tesla, which had been abandoned in the Hollywood hills a month earlier.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
26 Sep. 2025
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The attendance figures that MLB and other sports leagues publicize typically represent the number of tickets teams sell, not the number of people who actually show up to games.—
Evan Drellich,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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The Browns need to figure that out about both Gabriel and Sanders by the end of the year.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Reckon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reckon. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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