- present participle of reckon.
reckoning
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The reckoning came on Thursday, when AI darlings Nvidia and Micron Technology helped lead the Nasdaq composite into correction territory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Only once during the call, by my reckoning, did Joyner allude to the real reason for the split.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
But that was without reckoning on the remarkable step forward Antonelli made in his development over last winter.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
Few countries are more exposed to climate change than Tuvalu in the South Pacific, an atoll chain reckoning with rising seas, acidifying oceans and outbreaks of tropical disease.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
As with such things, though, a day of reckoning was to come.
From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge
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