reckoned

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The inspector general also found $12.6 million in “questioned costs,” plus another $64.5 million in funds that it reckoned the Social Security Administration could “put to better use.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

Ben Gannon-Doak was the worst person to sit with, reckoned Curtis.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 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

They are, instead, lacunas to be reckoned with, stemming from the abiding obscurity of human psychology and deepened by the mercurial, ever-fading state of memory.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

The going wasn’t very nice because of the wet, but by early evening I reckoned we ought to be near the place.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams