reckoning
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A genuine efficiency breakthrough, or a pause in data-center capital spending, would reprice both sides of this market fast: relief for the consumer-facing companies, and a reckoning for suppliers valued for permanent scarcity.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026
That betrayal may have triggered a political and criminal reckoning on both sides of the border.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
"I think there's going to be a reckoning in the next couple months," he told AFP.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
Let’s Get Physical: VC firms are desperate for bets that can survive—and thrive in—the AI reckoning.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
It is pointless to make big plans because you never know when someone is going to wake you up in the middle of the night and say, “The day of reckoning has arrived.”
From "Louisiana's Way Home" by Kate DiCamillo
Vocabulary lists containing reckoning
Fahrenheit 451
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