reckons

present tense third-person singular of reckon
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as in estimates
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 relies
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 reckons Even considering the persistence and peril of anthrax, Stewart reckons that the British government did properly decontaminate the island. Rj MacKenzie, Popular Science, 5 Aug. 2026 Nevertheless, Gu reckons that pushing charging speed much higher will provide diminishing returns for customers. James Morris, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026 The World Economic Forum reckons that 59% of employees will need to reskill by 2030 due to AI’s influence. Eric Francia, Fortune, 7 July 2026 Christine Ure, project director of the 988 hotline at BHDDH, reckons a convergence of factors has led to the uptick in calls. Jonny Williams, The Providence Journal, 30 June 2026 Goldman Sachs partner Bobby Molavi reckons the current market is similar to the final months of the dotcom era, when investors took sudden 5% moves in their stride. The Week Uk, TheWeek, 27 June 2026 The director of the Miami Downtown Development Authority (DDA) has been placed on administrative leave as the agency’s 15-member board searches for her replacement and reckons with what's been described as a dysfunctional and hostile environment. Tess Riski june 18, Miami Herald, 18 June 2026 Lasers can transmit 10 to 100 times more data per second than radio waves, and Khatri reckons that O2O can even improve on this and increase the downlink rate by at least another factor of 10 over what was possible during Artemis 2. Keith Cooper, Space.com, 15 June 2026 The movie reckons with how alien life would challenge the notion of God and our belief systems. Eliana Dockterman, Time, 10 June 2026
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Verb
  • The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) estimates that 300,000 to 500,000 people died, most from the surge flooding coastal islands and tidal flats.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2026
  • The company estimates its Florida operations across 73 facilities support 17,000 jobs, including 11,000 in the Orlando area.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026
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  • And Pochettino, who was sacked by Tottenham in November 2019 without winning anything, thinks that his work should be viewed differently in that context.
    Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Ancient critics could never quite agree on the direction of causality between Euripides’ formal excesses and the political decay of Athens around him — and Lichtenberg thinks that same ambiguity now surrounds AI.
    Aris Alexander, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2026
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  • Medical assessment must establish the required range before a clinic calculates a meaningful price.
    Malana VanTyler, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Instead of tax returns, the lender reviews 12 or 24 months of actual bank statements and calculates income from the deposits flowing through the account.
    Karen Koehler, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Like every tennis player, Alcaraz relies on the wrist of his racket hand to generate the immense levels of speed and spin that make his shots so difficult to handle.
    Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Every industry relies on benchmarks, metrics and assumptions that were created to simplify complex decisions.
    Nathan Miller, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026
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  • See the Republican Party, which considers Islamophobia as one of its main characteristics.
    Ayman M. Mohyeldin, Vanity Fair, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The grievances extend to what Algeria cites as Emirati support for Khalifa Haftar in Libya (where Algeria backs the government in Tripoli) and Emirati involvement in the Sahel, both regions Algiers considers its own sphere.
    Tareq Alotaiba, semafor.com, 11 Sep. 2026
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  • Book banning supposes that children never age, never leave home, never become their own people outside their parents.
    Rebecca Stafford, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026
  • But that view wrongly supposes that Abundance was meant to be its own electoral lane.
    Ryder Kessler, New York Daily News, 26 July 2026
Verb
  • Roach believes the perfect lead hook comes down to the timing.
    Chris McKenna, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • With a growing portion of the population born after the attacks, Spade believes preserving the individual stories has become more urgent.
    Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026
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  • September figures to be a fine, fine month for fans of Jonah Matranga, be that of his formative post-hardcore rock juggernaut Far, and/or his long-running Onelinedrawing sonic vehicle.
    Aaron Davis, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2026
  • If Baylor opens up, Kinne figures to be an attractive option.
    Bruce Feldman, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026

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“Reckons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reckons. Accessed 12 Sep. 2026.

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