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 Although the carbon footprints of artists and audiences can obviously be measured separately and reckoned accordingly, both groups have to burn carbon in order to participate in social life. — Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2026 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reckoned
Verb
  • The African Union estimated that conflict resulted in around 600,000 deaths from combat, famine and the collapse of healthcare.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026
  • The results are estimated to have a margin of error of about 2 percentage points in either direction in the overall sample, and larger numbers for subgroups.
    — Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
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  • Balak explains that while anywhere between 9,100 and 12,000 people in Fiji are thought to have HIV, only 5,676 of these cases have been officially diagnosed.
    — David Cox, NPR, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Last year, my wife Luci and I made a decision that a lot of people in our life thought might be too risky.
    — Alicia Sanchez, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2026
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  • The first clues came in the 1970s, when Jacob Bekenstein and Stephen Hawking calculated the entropy of black holes — typically a measure of how much stuff fits inside an object.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Minimum withdrawals are calculated by an account balance and age.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Initiatives like Project Hiu demonstrate the importance of repurposing the skills and knowledge of those who relied on hunting wildlife into protection efforts, while offering alternate economic opportunities through tourism and conservation.
    — Juliet Kinsman, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Recent presidents, however, have generally divested individual stocks or relied on blind trusts or diversified funds to avoid even the appearance of conflicts of interest.
    — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • First ring, first row of the Koch Theater is widely considered to have the best seats in the house.
    — Fiorella Valdesolo, Curbed, 22 Sep. 2026
  • It is intended to help locate missing Black people who are considered endangered because of their age or the suspicious circumstances surrounding their disappearance.
    — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 22 Sep. 2026
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  • The veteran quarterback figured the same thing would work for the Las Vegas Raiders.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Drew, who wouldn't stop talking, figured around 75% of sports bettors are men.
    — Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2026
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  • About 78% of those surveyed believed the current administration’s policies had not helped address cost of living and inflation.
    — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Considering Arizona quarterback Jacoby Brissett has thrown the football 65 times in those two games, and just one of those 65 has been hauled in by the player who many believed would be the face of the franchise, is alarming.
    — Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026
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  • Every decision—what to recommend, what to rank, what to suppress—is computed for that one customer at that one moment.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The study also computed the pre-tax and after-tax returns for overlapping 30-year periods and found that the tax drag varied over time.
    — Bob Carlson, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026

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“Reckoned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reckoned. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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