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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.
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Joohee Cho,
ABC News,
4 June 2026
A lot of it was kind of reckonings with childhood, really very expressive work.
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Lisa Deaderick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 May 2026
Similar reckonings are happening across states.
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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.
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Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
3 Mar. 2026
The professionalism of stars, their charismatic hold over audiences, is inseparable from such tough-minded reckonings.
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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.
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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.
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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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An economist that the city hired estimates that the tax increase will add $500 to $650 annually in taxes for the average family of four, despite the sales tax not being applied to groceries or medical supplies.
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Medi-Cal coverage of immigrants without legal status costs the state roughly $10 billion a year, according to California’s nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office, more than double the initial estimates.
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The researchers found that the measurements matched theoretical calculations, thereby serving as evidence that thorium atoms can bind with each other.
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The transaction would result in a company with reach to 80% of homes, but Biard says the math involved in the cap calculations is widely misunderstood – including by some of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit.
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The board also approved a motion directing county agencies to continue health monitoring, environmental assessments, and community support efforts.
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Roborock’s donation will help fund blind soccer coaches, mobility training, physical therapies, and specialized assessments.
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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.
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Some of the studies are showing kids that maybe weren't as interested in maths now love maths.
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The company tied much of the decline to re-appraisals of certain farms.
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Levine Cava rejected that, responding that appraisals had the land worth close to $200 million.
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Newsom and the analysts sometimes differ in their estimations.
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And yet he’s built a collection that, by some estimations, ranks among the top in the country, homing in on grade-A examples of American masters—Roy Lichtenstein, Ed Ruscha, and with a particular focus on Basquiat.
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Full scale mockup evaluations continue, while interior production and engineering development progress, moving forward on the lifestyle at sea vision held by the lifelong yachtsman and owner, Scott Blum.
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During his arraignment June 5, a judge halted court proceedings and directed Gledhill’s case to a court that specializes in mental health evaluations.
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“Reckonings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reckonings. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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