reckoning

Example Sentences

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None, obviously, came close to the 10% pullback known as a correction, which by Carlson’s reckoning occurs on average every 1.8 years.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

“To deny that only prolongs the situation and puts off any way of reckoning with it. We have to face it in order to understand that it’s within our human nature.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Let’s hope that April 12 will prove to be a day of reckoning.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026

To see why these verdicts are social media’s “Big Tobacco moment,” as Slate’s What Next: TBD put it, it’s important to understand how Silicon Valley evaded this kind of reckoning for so long.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

“Beneath your lordship’s roof, your lordship’s word is law... but I shall want a reckoning with this onion lord before he leaves this city.”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin