reckoned

past tense of reckon
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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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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 The invalidated tariffs cost American households $1,000 each last year and $900 each this year, the nonprofit Tax Foundation reckoned. Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026 Ursone reckoned that the distinct rites and language of their marine tribe would, to polite society, resemble hieroglyphics. Jasper Craven, New Yorker, 24 July 2026 And the guy who loved John Wayne movies and came to do a fine imitation reckoned his should be in that spirit. Vahe Gregorian july 5, Kansas City Star, 5 July 2026 Every Arab country in the Middle East knows Iran, as never before, is a power to be reckoned with. 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
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  • Each Russian Shahed-Geran strike drone is estimated to cost between $20,000 and $50,000, according to various estimates by analysts.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • And the Congressional Budget Office estimated earlier this week that the annual gap between government revenue and spending would top $2 trillion this year, a remarkable number outside of recessions.
    Christopher Rugaber, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026
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  • Wake Forest’s Jake Dickert also moves up after turning in an impressive 9-4 debut season when many people thought the Demon Deacons could be the worst team in the Power 4.
    Chris Vannini, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The continent has fewer high-growth companies, shallower capital markets and is thought to have a less compelling long-term earnings growth story.
    Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 17 Aug. 2026
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  • The San Francisco-San Mateo region and the East Bay each lost 1,700 tech jobs, while Marin and Sonoma counties each shed 100, Beacon calculated.
    George Avalos, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • It is generally calculated as enterprise value divided by the dollar value of a company's digital asset holdings, with enterprise value including market capitalization plus debt and preferred equity.
    Sean Stein Smith, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
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  • He was thrown in the Andrean sectional game in baseball this last season, which is a monumental task, so he’s relied upon in multiple sports.
    Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Solutions to the vehicle-to-everything (V2X) problem have to date relied on new networking protocols built from scratch—only to discover chicken-and-egg problems, thorny standards wars, and real signal congestion challenges at scale.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 20 Aug. 2026
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  • Much of the land along the Rio Grande to the east and west of the national park is considered private property.
    Ashley Killough, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
  • This group will meet with developers to ensure the community's input is considered in the project.
    Julia Avant, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
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  • Zheng left the site shortly after what figured to be one of the tougher days of his tennis life.
    Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
  • West Virginia transfer Cam Vaughn, who figured to be in the mix for the spot as well, has been dismissed from the team, Hurricanes coach Mario Cristobal announced Monday.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 17 Aug. 2026
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  • The remains are believed to be those of a man who may have been sacrificed during a ritual in which a canal linked to a ceremonial pool was closed.
    CBS News, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • New Manchester City manager Enzo Maresca worked with the Argentine at Chelsea and is believed to be keen on a reunion with the player.
    Graham Ruthven, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
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  • Other planning engines run scenarios sequentially, in cycles measured in hours, which is why their AI can only report on what has already been computed rather than reasoning live, KetteQ said.
    Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The new map is computed using the IQP eclipse computational method that accounts for an improved value for the eclipse solar radius as well as the exact shape of the moon and topography.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

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