reckoning
noun
reck·on·ing
ˈre-kə-niŋ 
ˈrek-niŋ
1
: the act or an instance of reckoning: such as
b
c
: calculation of a ship's position
2
: a settling of accounts
day of reckoning
3
: a summing up
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Examples of reckoning in a Sentence
I was more than $10 off in my reckoning.
When the day of reckoning comes, we will have to face some unpleasant truths.
Our football team hardly comes into the reckoning.
Because of his injury, he is out of the reckoning.
The team is still in the reckoning.
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But their reckoning with difficult truths also points to a different way forward, one based on acceptance, love, and a capacity for change.
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Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 4 Nov. 2024
And there are stories, there are lessons, there are reckonings that have to come through us as vessels.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2024
If this pilgrimage is meant to offer a comeuppance for these two overgrown Millennial boys, to relativize their own pain as small, this reckoning never arrives.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 1 Nov. 2024
Amid the pandemic and the protests and the reckonings following George Floyd’s murder earlier that year, their timing was also challenging and personal.
—Stacie Stukin, ARTnews.com, 31 Oct. 2024
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Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 4 Nov. 2024
And there are stories, there are lessons, there are reckonings that have to come through us as vessels.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2024
If this pilgrimage is meant to offer a comeuppance for these two overgrown Millennial boys, to relativize their own pain as small, this reckoning never arrives.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 1 Nov. 2024
Amid the pandemic and the protests and the reckonings following George Floyd’s murder earlier that year, their timing was also challenging and personal.
—Stacie Stukin, ARTnews.com, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Reckoning.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reckoning. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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