reckoning

Example Sentences

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Let’s hope that April 12 will prove to be a day of reckoning.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026

To see why these verdicts are social media’s “Big Tobacco moment,” as Slate’s What Next: TBD put it, it’s important to understand how Silicon Valley evaded this kind of reckoning for so long.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

Teffera added that nations who took part in the slave trade were still reluctant to confront their history and that a proper reckoning is a crucial part of restorative justice.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

None of this is to say that a major reckoning won’t come at some point, or that AI hasn’t already absorbed some positions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

‘If you’re right in your reckoning, we haven’t dealt with a tithe of them yet. But it’s dark now. I think the next stroke must wait until morning. Then we must call on the Chief.’

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien