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reckon

[rek-uhn] / ˈrɛk ən /




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When Lestat is made to reckon with what’s presented as “failures” in both his mortal and immortal lives, he can’t quite own up to being a true monster, because that’s not what he really is.

From Salon Jul. 21, 2026

They reckon that the likelihood of material cuts to transfer pricing compounds a weakening volume outlook due to higher interest rates and changes to capital gains tax.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

Here is the risk you need to reckon with first.

From MarketWatch Jul. 6, 2026

"I honestly reckon someone is just like 50-50, either there's something in there for me to take or there isn't," he said.

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

‘Takeaway two weeks running? I reckon I can just about stretch to that,’ Dad says with a wink as we head out to the van.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

Still, she reckons the recent decline is more likely a temporary repricing process, rather than the beginning of a prolonged bear market for the yellow metal.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

He reckons Raffles Medical shares trade at a discount to its Southeast Asian healthcare peers despite its strong earnings visibility.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

Murray reckons his memory of some of his tennis matches and tournaments is getting a little hazy.

From BBC Jun. 29, 2026

The second thing is he revels in doing the vision thing: setting out, with passion, the route he believes could lead to a better society and why he reckons he could lead us there.

From BBC Jun. 29, 2026

She reckons nobody'll pay to clean up the mess, so that much of the farmland on the islands'll be off-limits until the mines've rusted.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

"And then they brought up lots of upgrades, so they're going to be a force to be reckoned with in the following races."

From BBC Jun. 28, 2026

Speaking to The Times about the tune, Diamond reckoned he “said more in less words than in any other song I’ve ever written.”

From Los Angeles Times May 6, 2026

Running the numbers for the project a half-decade ago, Friedland reckoned on getting $150 a ton for the acid.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 16, 2026

He reckoned investors would need to see a solid break higher during the overnight session for these gains to really stick.

From MarketWatch Apr. 15, 2026

Unless it was the dusty old times table chart peeling off the back wall that was suddenly fascinating her, it had to be me, I reckoned, steeling my lips against the pull of a smirk.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

I would add that the Salinger myth also delayed a reckoning with his most famous character’s mental health.

From Salon Jul. 25, 2026

The argument is about timing: how much longer AI spending can outrun the doubts, and how violently the market will react when the reckoning finally arrives.

From MarketWatch Jul. 20, 2026

Condal hints that a reckoning with Aegon will come.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

By his reckoning, the U.S. has about 10,000 county clerks or municipal entities that carry out America’s decentralized elections.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

When to lock and when to unlock was, by one reckoning, what we were here to learn.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover




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