- present participle of reckon.
reckoning
Example Sentences
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The measure of his serious intent to change will be measured in how he spends it—in seeking a return to public power, or in reckoning with the harm he inflicted.
From Slate • Jul. 10, 2026
Those charges and questions resurfaced after an earlier-than-expected exit from this World cup, triggering what some say is a long overdue reckoning in South Korean football.
From BBC • Jul. 2, 2026
Though the ache of nostalgia reverberates throughout, the songs remain intensely present and vulnerable in their reckoning with it.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2026
The extraordinary measures are a response to a recent scandal that angered millions of young Indians and sparked a political reckoning in a country that is struggling to provide opportunity to the next generation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 20, 2026
Remember the feeling that the great public gardens, the long lunches, might all be undone by a physics, cousin to our rules and the reckoning of our own country, that we do not fully comprehend.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Vocabulary lists containing reckoning
Fahrenheit 451
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