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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
Other denominations have faced reckonings and made changes.
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Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 30 Oct. 2025
Other Christian denominations are undergoing similar reckonings.
—Samantha Riedel, Them., 29 Oct. 2025
Part of the enduring appeal of the Alien series is, yes, there’s the Xenomorph and blood and guts, but what sits at the heart of a lot of these entries are these philosophical and often anti-capitalist reckonings about who or what is worth more than something else.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
In many cases, the revelations of his work have led to governmental reckonings and legal ramifications, yet Hersh, now 88 and surrounded by boxes of files from decades of tireless work, sees himself not as a crusader but as a citizen just doing his job.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2025
Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 30 Oct. 2025
Other Christian denominations are undergoing similar reckonings.
—Samantha Riedel, Them., 29 Oct. 2025
Part of the enduring appeal of the Alien series is, yes, there’s the Xenomorph and blood and guts, but what sits at the heart of a lot of these entries are these philosophical and often anti-capitalist reckonings about who or what is worth more than something else.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
In many cases, the revelations of his work have led to governmental reckonings and legal ramifications, yet Hersh, now 88 and surrounded by boxes of files from decades of tireless work, sees himself not as a crusader but as a citizen just doing his job.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reckonings
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Brown bears, mostly seen in Japan’s northernmost Hokkaido island, more than doubled in number in 30 years, according to government estimates – reaching 12,000 today.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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AeroMap estimates drag for different wing-body configurations operating at speeds close to the speed of sound.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Nov. 2025
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Those same calculations on the remaining vested options, however, would almost certainly produce a number significantly lower than 25% of that original $500 million.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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Political calculations have shaped the conduct of Imran Khan’s trial.—
Rafia Zakaria,
Time,
6 Nov. 2025
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Do-it-yourself assessments are affordable and still helpful.—
Diana Leyva,
Nashville Tennessean,
10 Nov. 2025
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Early assessments by experts suggest serious environmental damage.—
Elisha Iragi,
semafor.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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Make daily physical activity as routine as maths and reading.—
William Warr,
Time,
15 Sep. 2025
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Replicating those buffers of points in the bag before the turn of the year would put Leeds ahead of the maths and perhaps turn their springtime fixtures into a matter of consolidation rather than a scramble for survival.—
Sukhman Singh,
New York Times,
20 Aug. 2025
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During the shah’s reign, filmmakers wrapped their civic appraisals in allegory, like Dariush Mehrjui’s 1969 Iranian New Wave classic, The Cow, about how a cow’s death spins its owner into unhinged chaos.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
14 Oct. 2025
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Yes, that’s too low, as appraisals often are, especially for people hoping to keep taxes low.—
Asia Alexander,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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The potential range of spread projected by the CDC covers more of the United States; however, some of the states in its most recent estimations have not confirmed the presence of Aedes aegypti.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
29 Oct. 2025
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Wall Street is coming up with its own estimations for what’s going on in the economy.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
10 Oct. 2025
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As for bigger-picture evaluations, Gabriel’s play might determine a lot.—
Zac Jackson,
New York Times,
5 Nov. 2025
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Meanwhile, the job of being a professor became more tenuous and provisional—some 75 percent of faculty are nontenured, many working term to term, with the fate of their employment determined, in part, by student course evaluations.—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Reckonings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reckonings. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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