1
as in estimated
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 thought
chiefly dialect
to have as an opinion
I reckon you must be new to these parts
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as in calculated
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 relied
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 reckoned
Every Arab country in the Middle East knows Iran, as never before, is a power to be reckoned with.
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Steve Forbes,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
Skubal reckoned with the highs and lows while also suffering what at first appeared to be an injury scare.
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Cody Stavenhagen,
New York Times,
25 June 2026
The war without has since compounded Iran’s war within, in ways that the world has hardly reckoned with.
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Laura Secor,
The Atlantic,
16 June 2026
And then there’s artificial intelligence, the variable nobody has fully reckoned with yet.
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John Kennedy,
VIBE.com,
9 June 2026
Most recently, late neoliberalism revived a central aspect of 1970s pluralism, retooled as representative diversity—once again under the pressure of political activism, which reckoned with decades of racially exclusionary collecting, exhibiting, and hiring practices at art institutions.
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Katy Siegel,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
As of four more appearances Monday night, in fact, Caglianone was on track for 513 this season — one in which Picollo initially had reckoned 450 would be a good baseline.
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Kansas City Star,
19 May 2026
Because consumers would have a little more left over to spend of their paychecks, a five-month suspension would increase federal deficits by $12 billion, BPC reckoned.
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Andrea Riquier,
USA Today,
11 May 2026
Just as her characters tussle with the frailties installed during their upbringings, Strout, the daughter of a schoolteacher mother and parasitologist father who was also a congregationalist deacon, has reckoned with her roots.
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Belinda Luscombe,
Time,
28 Apr. 2026
Steve Forbes,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
Skubal reckoned with the highs and lows while also suffering what at first appeared to be an injury scare.
—
Cody Stavenhagen,
New York Times,
25 June 2026
The war without has since compounded Iran’s war within, in ways that the world has hardly reckoned with.
—
Laura Secor,
The Atlantic,
16 June 2026
And then there’s artificial intelligence, the variable nobody has fully reckoned with yet.
—
John Kennedy,
VIBE.com,
9 June 2026
Most recently, late neoliberalism revived a central aspect of 1970s pluralism, retooled as representative diversity—once again under the pressure of political activism, which reckoned with decades of racially exclusionary collecting, exhibiting, and hiring practices at art institutions.
—
Katy Siegel,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
As of four more appearances Monday night, in fact, Caglianone was on track for 513 this season — one in which Picollo initially had reckoned 450 would be a good baseline.
—
Kansas City Star,
19 May 2026
Because consumers would have a little more left over to spend of their paychecks, a five-month suspension would increase federal deficits by $12 billion, BPC reckoned.
—
Andrea Riquier,
USA Today,
11 May 2026
Just as her characters tussle with the frailties installed during their upbringings, Strout, the daughter of a schoolteacher mother and parasitologist father who was also a congregationalist deacon, has reckoned with her roots.
—
Belinda Luscombe,
Time,
28 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reckoned
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Global income losses during the 1982-1983 and 1997-1998 El Niños were estimated in the trillions of dollars.
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It is estimated that there are 500,000 detectable earthquakes in the world each year.
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When Apple first launched the App Store, most people thought mobile apps would just be simple utilities like flashlights, calculators and weather apps.
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The win was looked at as a bit of a comeback story, but most thought Hamilton was just coming back from a lousy 2025 season for him and Ferrari.
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Miles set a record for the most points generated through 15 games, calculated by adding points and points from assists together, with 485.
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In a moment when the genre was bursting with innovators, pushing at its seams from all sides—jubilant, gospel-fiery soul-jazz; the first dissonant strains of free jazz; dizzyingly ambitious big bands; calculated cool—this ensemble seemed to lay back, in tempo and affect.
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Nothing herein is, or shall be relied on as, a promise or representation as to future performance.
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All three feature different approaches to generating speed and grip, but only the Mustang relied on electric power.
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With campaigns and outside super PACs flooding the zone with money, television, radio and social media were awash with ads for candidates vying in deep-blue NY-12, NY-10, NY-13 and NY-7, all of which are considered up for grabs to greater or lesser degrees.
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Forsythia is considered invasive in some parts of the country1 so check your local invasive plant lists before planting.
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Run It Like a Software Company The SaaS world figured this out a long time ago.
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Janamanchi figured some people would come for an ironic spectacle.
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Alicent mistakenly believed Viserys was talking about their son Aegon II, saying Aegon II should be on the throne after Viserys dies, which lead to the Dance of the Dragons civil war.
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To showcase that connection, the museum is displaying a Revolutionary War sword from the Moulton family, which is being publicly presented for the first time and is believed to have been commissioned by George Washington.
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The approach uses the aspherical electron densities computed using quantum mechanics to arrive at accurate determinations of atomic positions.
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During inference, large language models store computed token relationships in this cache rather than recalculating them with every output.
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