reckoned

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To the outside world, it was to signal that Russia was no longer weak but a power to be reckoned with.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

Running the numbers for the project a half-decade ago, Friedland reckoned on getting $150 a ton for the acid.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

The EIA reckoned that in 2022, emissions from burning coal accounted for about 20% of U.S. energy-related CO2 emissions and 55% of CO2 emissions from the electric power industry.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

The Wharton Budget Lab, meanwhile, reckoned tariffs brought in $33 billion in revenues through the first five weeks of this year, most of it from the new tariffs imposed by Trump.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 11, 2026

Six days or more had passed since he reckoned that they had only a bare supply for three weeks.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien