RECKON WITH Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

reckon with

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Definition of reckon with

as in consider

to give consideration to (as unexpected circumstances or contingencies) After Scout's emergency surgery, we were forced to reckon with a hefty vet bill.

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Recent Examples of reckon with As private longing collides with honor and social codes, each character has to reckon with what their choices cost. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026 Graham’s poetry—as readers of The New York Review will know—somehow manages to reckon with the whole spectrum of human existence in the 2020s. — Matthew Aucoin, The New York Review of Books, 10 Oct. 2026 Dana Cleaveley, a research consultant formerly with SeaChoice, a Canadian sustainable-seafood group, said that many industries have already had to begin reckoning with the human rights and environmental abuses buried in their supply chains. — Ian Urbina, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026 What makes this week’s episode particularly potent is that there’s some thematic order to the chaos, as the show reckons with the consequences of the box on several fronts at once. — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for reckon with

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take into account

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As Camilla points out, that distance doesn’t take into account speed or force.

— Stuart James, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Nintendo previously said its pricing decisions took into account multiple costs, including memory, labor and shipping and tariffs.

— Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of take into account

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