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reconcile

[rek-uhn-sahyl] / ˈrɛk ənˌsaɪl /




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That indicates analysts are treating the middle of the income statement as a plug to reconcile the top and bottom.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

Sitting judges arguably have the best informed perspective on this Supreme Court: They must apply its jurisprudence, reconcile its contradictions, and confront the real-world effects of its rulings.

From Slate Jul. 17, 2026

“She has helped me quite a bit reconcile letting go of what I thought my career trajectory was going to be and embracing a new one,” Hodge said.

From Salon Jul. 11, 2026

He subsequently said he wanted to reconcile with his father.

From Barron's Jul. 10, 2026

Eventually, I recognized that all my fresh resolve didn’t change much—I was really only trying to reconcile myself to the realities of Herbert’s death.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

There is nothing that reconciles those two decisions through any logic or law.

From Slate Apr. 30, 2026

With key data blacked out by the government shutdown, officials lacked the usual information that often reconciles differences.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 22, 2025

More like a short story, recounting the evening from Hart’s point of view as he reconciles with the fact that his former creative partner Richard Rodgers has created a hit with Oscar Hammerstein.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 5, 2025

Meanwhile, back in Cousins, Massachusetts, Jeremiah ends up with Denise and reconciles with his dad.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2025

Scaliger, curiously, reconciles both classic and romantic elements.

From A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism by Spingarn, Joel Elias

Graham reconciled their relationship and backed his re-election bid.

From Barron's Jul. 12, 2026

On the semicentennial Fourth of July, having reconciled, both men die.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

The star has previously said that "for a really long time" she had perceived Christopher as one of her "biggest enemies" - but they reconciled before his death.

From BBC Jun. 26, 2026

Dwayne Johnson’s performance in “The Smashing Machine,” for all the film’s flaws, cleverly reconciled the dissonance between the outward images of masculine power and internal feelings of self-loathing.

From Salon May 27, 2026

But it is done; we are reconciled, dearer, much dearer, than ever, and no moment’s uneasiness can ever occur between us again.

From "Emma" by Jane Austen

The track finds mother and daughter writing to each other about their relationship, reconciling the effects Madonna’s fame had on her firstborn child.

From Salon Jul. 8, 2026

“When heirs cannot reach a unanimous decision, the executor’s role becomes pivotal. Executors are tasked with reconciling conflicts,” Hancock Whitney adds.

From MarketWatch May 21, 2026

The exercises are another step toward reconciling the one-time adversaries.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 15, 2026

Since we lived in different cities and were in different chapters of our lives, we could just enjoy the time we were allotted, without reconciling opposing ambitions.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 19, 2025

Coaxing the buttons through their holes was like reconciling warring friends, but I finally secured all five of them over my flat chest and belly, a task that was growing harder every day.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo




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