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as in estimates
the act of placing a value on the nature, character, or quality of something
that old chest isn't worth much by my reckoning, but an antiques dealer might think otherwise
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as in calculations
the act or process of performing mathematical operations to find a value
you forgot about the decimal point, so your reckoning was way off
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Recent Examples of reckonings
In the wake of the 2020 protests of anti-Black police violence, museums put themselves forward as hosts for their communities’ racial reckonings and difficult discourses.
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Greg Allen, ARTnews.com, 7 June 2026
Two presidents, two reckonings In February, a Seoul court sentenced former President Yoon to life in prison for the martial-law attempt; his former defense minister got 30 years.
—Joohee Cho, ABC News, 4 June 2026
A lot of it was kind of reckonings with childhood, really very expressive work.
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2026
Similar reckonings are happening across states.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 19 Mar. 2026
Randall accused him of a feel-good liberalism that ignores deeper racial and class reckonings that South Bend (a city that is just barely half white) has coming.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2026
The professionalism of stars, their charismatic hold over audiences, is inseparable from such tough-minded reckonings.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2026
On their first proper album in nine years, the Boston metalcore veterans shift between blistering political bloodlettings and moody reckonings with mortality.
—Patrick Lyons, Pitchfork, 10 Feb. 2026
Still, Saunders, a short-story master, has now written two consecutive novels about final reckonings watched over by comically argumentative spirits.
—The Week Us, TheWeek, 4 Feb. 2026
Greg Allen, ARTnews.com, 7 June 2026
Two presidents, two reckonings In February, a Seoul court sentenced former President Yoon to life in prison for the martial-law attempt; his former defense minister got 30 years.
—Joohee Cho, ABC News, 4 June 2026
A lot of it was kind of reckonings with childhood, really very expressive work.
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2026
Similar reckonings are happening across states.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 19 Mar. 2026
Randall accused him of a feel-good liberalism that ignores deeper racial and class reckonings that South Bend (a city that is just barely half white) has coming.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2026
The professionalism of stars, their charismatic hold over audiences, is inseparable from such tough-minded reckonings.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2026
On their first proper album in nine years, the Boston metalcore veterans shift between blistering political bloodlettings and moody reckonings with mortality.
—Patrick Lyons, Pitchfork, 10 Feb. 2026
Still, Saunders, a short-story master, has now written two consecutive novels about final reckonings watched over by comically argumentative spirits.
—The Week Us, TheWeek, 4 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reckonings
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The source also said Bessent has directed his team to assess conditions in the Gulf and request comprehensive estimates of costs associated with such repairs.—
Sarah Dean,
NBC news,
12 June 2026
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Looking through the functions of the genes that were present in these simplified genomes, the researchers could make some estimates of what sorts of genetic functions were present in the last common ancestor of all eukaryotes.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
11 June 2026
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Lively’s lawyers must still submit billing records and fee calculations for court approval.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
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The calculations revealed the quark generalized parton distribution (GPD) of the pion.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
12 June 2026
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Carney’s comments represent one of the first assessments of the agreement from someone who is not directly involved in the negotiations.—
Kevin Liptak,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
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Scientists believe the study will help improve seismic hazard assessments, as well as emergency preparedness and infrastructure planning.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
PEOPLE,
16 June 2026
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As a school-leaving-age young woman in 2012, simple maths dictates that she must have been conceived around the time of a conflict that was also defined by the use of mass rape as a weapon of war.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
26 May 2026
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Some of the studies are showing kids that maybe weren't as interested in maths now love maths.—
Dan Fitzpatrick,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2026
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Coley said the administration will settle on a final value for the land based on the appraisals.—
Douglas Hanks
June 16,
Miami Herald,
16 June 2026
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The town halls provided insight on topics including road projects, county assistance programs and protesting property appraisals.—
Rachel Royster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 June 2026
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Newsom and the analysts sometimes differ in their estimations.—
Trân Nguyễn,
Fortune,
15 May 2026
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Artemis 3 is scheduled for late 2027, according to NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, who based the timetable on Blue Origin's and SpaceX's estimations of the earliest completion for their respective landers.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
13 May 2026
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Laboratory evaluations indicate specific performance characteristics under varied operational environments.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
13 June 2026
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Wright was also elite at player evaluations.—
CJ Moore,
New York Times,
13 June 2026
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“Reckonings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reckonings. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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