reckon with

phrase

: to take into consideration

Examples of reckon with in a Sentence

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His ability to perform a cesarean section — something Doc couldn't dream of — forces the town to reckon with an ugly part of their collective conscience. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 3 July 2026

Lowell could perhaps be forgiven for not quite finding the words to reckon with the moment. — Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026

Ireland has been reckoning with the legacy of mother-and-baby homes run by the Catholic Church, in which tens of thousands of women were housed in often degrading conditions. — ABC News, 2 July 2026

The Vatican crafted the document as the church reckoned with the role traditional Christian teaching had played in the Holocaust. — Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026