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  • present participle of reckon.
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reckoning

[rek-uh-ning] / ˈrɛk ə nɪŋ /


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Experts point to three main reasons for the relatively steady prices but caution that a reckoning is not too far off.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

This happened during the nationwide #MeToo reckoning, but they still encountered resistance.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Experts point at three main reasons for the steady prices but caution that a reckoning is not too far as the Strait of Hormuz remains at a standstill.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

"For two and a half years, we've watched organisations close ranks, mark their own homework, and the inquiry must be the true reckoning."

From BBC • Jun. 8, 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




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