reckoned
Example Sentences
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Climate change, land use pressures and drought would all have to be reckoned with.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
To the outside world, it was to signal that Russia was no longer weak but a power to be reckoned with.
From BBC ● May 30, 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
The inspector-general’s office reckoned that thousands of widows and widowers may also have missed out on more than $100 million in benefits through claiming errors that they should have been advised against.
From MarketWatch ● May 1, 2026
Ophie reckoned she was a friend of Richard Caruthers, which meant she was probably rich, too.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
