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 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 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 Galimberti reckons that the global oil crunch may be solved by raising the number of barrels flowing through the Strait of Hormuz to 10 million a day from two million. Justina Lee, CNBC, 9 June 2026 For example, there were only six penalties awarded on-field in matches involving Chelsea, but the KMI reckons there should have been 16. Graham Scott, New York Times, 2 June 2026
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Verb
  • IQuilt estimates that a ramp entrance at Market Street could increase foot traffic to Riverside Park by as much as 30% to 40%.
    Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 26 July 2026
  • Tharp estimates that Seman guided thousands of people on excursions on the Indiana Dunes trails.
    Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026
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  • Crystal hates that shows drop an entire season on release day, and thinks streaming has eroded the monoculture that used to propel powerful franchises to billion-dollar heights.
    Jack Dunn, Variety, 30 July 2026
  • Like Kaiser, Dendy thinks that Americans on either side of politics are coming to the same conclusion from different routes.
    T.M. Brown, CNN Money, 30 July 2026
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  • The Social Security Administration takes your highest-earning 35 years of work and calculates your average monthly earnings from those years, adjusted upward for subsequent growth in average wages.
    Marc Novicoff, The Atlantic, 24 July 2026
  • The White House put $5 billion behind the idea after the report’s release, though the Wall Street Journal calculates the overall cost of the overhaul at $200 billion.
    Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 23 July 2026
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  • Story had more raw speed, while Parker relies on intuition to steal bases.
    Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 21 July 2026
  • Because unreliable weather patterns can make natural snow scarce, the resort relies on artificial snow to make skiing possible all winter long.
    ABC News, ABC News, 21 July 2026
Verb
  • As Overcash considers legal options, Burnsville city inspectors are planning to visit the apartment in early August.
    Conor Wight, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Although there are myriad points of contention within the Democratic Party, such as support for Israel, El-Sayed considers economic issues a top issue for his campaign.
    ABC News, ABC News, 31 July 2026
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  • Of course, this pre-supposes that Salah looks to leave Europe this summer as a free agent.
    Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 15 July 2026
  • This is not true, unless, Miss Manners supposes, your definition of formality begins and ends with having to wear shoes.
    Judith Martin, Mercury News, 17 June 2026
Verb
  • Pan believes San Francisco is rebounding from its post-pandemic downturn, driven by AI growth.
    Russell Flannery, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Whatever happens, Spoelstra believes the Heat is already in a good spot even after missing out on future Basketball Hall of Famer LeBron James.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
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  • The position figures to have an even bigger role in Kubiak’s offensive system, which uses multiple tight ends and moves them all around the formation in both run and pass concepts — including screens.
    Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 21 July 2026
  • San Diego again figures to be a contender for the playoffs next year, said Jesse Steinberg, the chief operating officer at the Barnes Center.
    Glae Thien, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2026

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“Reckons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reckons. Accessed 1 Aug. 2026.

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