reckoning
noun
reck·on·ing
ˈre-kə-niŋ 
ˈrek-niŋ
1
: the act or an instance of reckoning: such as
b
c
: calculation of a ship's position
2
: a settling of accounts
day of reckoning
3
: a summing up
Examples of reckoning in a Sentence
I was more than $10 off in my reckoning.
When the day of reckoning comes, we will have to face some unpleasant truths.
Our football team hardly comes into the reckoning.
Because of his injury, he is out of the reckoning.
The team is still in the reckoning.
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In the current political climate, those past connections and donations have resurfaced amid a public reckoning over what some progressives say is a theme in corporate America of complicity and silence surrounding the most controversial policies of the Trump administration.
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Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 June 2025
On this breezy afternoon, however, the film’s opening-weekend reckoning is still eight weeks away, and there’s much work to be done to sell the movie to the masses.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 11 June 2025
The Canadian film and TV industry won’t be sweeping efforts to boost diversity, equity and inclusion as part of a racial reckoning under the carpet anytime soon in the face of the Donald Trump administration’s DEI crackdown.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 9 June 2025
The reckoning that followed the murder of George Floyd has given way to a backlash and a president who disdains efforts at equality, complains of anti-white prejudice and purges powerful Black men and women in the name of a mythical colorblind society.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025
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Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 June 2025
On this breezy afternoon, however, the film’s opening-weekend reckoning is still eight weeks away, and there’s much work to be done to sell the movie to the masses.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 11 June 2025
The Canadian film and TV industry won’t be sweeping efforts to boost diversity, equity and inclusion as part of a racial reckoning under the carpet anytime soon in the face of the Donald Trump administration’s DEI crackdown.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 9 June 2025
The reckoning that followed the murder of George Floyd has given way to a backlash and a president who disdains efforts at equality, complains of anti-white prejudice and purges powerful Black men and women in the name of a mythical colorblind society.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for reckoning
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“Reckoning.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reckoning. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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