reckoned

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The inspector general also found $12.6 million in “questioned costs,” plus another $64.5 million in funds that it reckoned the Social Security Administration could “put to better use.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 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

Musgrave reckoned he could have finished fourth, but too much heat and too many Norwegians counted against him in Tesero in the north of Italy.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

Anyone, I reckoned, sufficiently afraid or sufficiently dull could be polite.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou