reckoning
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The pope has written a remarkable document about the dangers of building without reckoning.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
For one reporter, the loss isn’t theoretical — it’s a personal reckoning with a changing paradise.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
The coming wave of AI IPOs may force investors into a similar reckoning.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
A genuine efficiency breakthrough, or a pause in data-center capital spending, would reprice both sides of this market fast: relief for the consumer-facing companies, and a reckoning for suppliers valued for permanent scarcity.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026
I called the waiter, paid the reckoning, got into my coat, put on my hat and started out the door.
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
Vocabulary lists containing reckoning
Fahrenheit 451
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