dead reckonings

Definition of dead reckoningsnext
plural of dead reckoning

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Noun
  • Among the primary speculations made by police was that Christie may have run off to London and disguised herself in men’s clothes.
    Emily Krauser, PEOPLE, 18 Jan. 2026
  • The bubble speculations rage almost daily as breaking news and earnings reports send Mag 7 stock prices rising and falling, leading analysts to constantly update their buy, sell or hold recommendations.
    Bob Woods, CNBC, 11 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Those are, indeed, pat, credible theories and predictions.
    Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 8 Jan. 2026
  • But now, in the planet’s capital city of Apperax, a murder is committed with no suspects, forensics or theories.
    Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 8 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • When anyone with a creative spark can orchestrate a cloud of AI agents to build prototypes, analyze markets, and test hypotheses, the cost of trying something new plummets.
    Erik Brynjolfsson, Time, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Engineers use agents to test hypotheses.
    Norbert Jung, Fortune, 17 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • The discipline has built a vast array of empirical theses deep inside this single ideology—liberalism—and, in doing so, has naturalized it.
    Jason Blakely, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Kirk has two main theses in his book, and expresses each in a very different tone.
    Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 22 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • They will be provided as a numeric value that takes away the guesswork of color matching like with urine test strips.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Confidence Perhaps most importantly, Frida Mom products help take the guesswork out of what to buy for one of life’s biggest (and often, most stressful) events.
    BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026
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“Dead reckonings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dead%20reckonings. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.

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