Thesaurus results for RECKONINGS

reckonings

noun

plural of reckoning

as in estimates

the act of placing a value on the nature, character, or quality of something that old chest isn't worth much by my reckoning, but an antiques dealer might think otherwise

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the act or process of performing mathematical operations to find a value you forgot about the decimal point, so your reckoning was way off

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Recent Examples of reckonings A lot of it was kind of reckonings with childhood, really very expressive work. — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2026 Similar reckonings are happening across states. — Chad De Guzman, Time, 19 Mar. 2026 Randall accused him of a feel-good liberalism that ignores deeper racial and class reckonings that South Bend (a city that is just barely half white) has coming. — Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2026 The professionalism of stars, their charismatic hold over audiences, is inseparable from such tough-minded reckonings. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2026 All the while, the dramatic shift to Sacramento’s downtown has inspired some broader reckonings, among local leaders, about how reliant the urban core had become upon office workers. — Sacbee.com, 23 June 2026 Harrington also led the library’s racial equity task force in the wake of George Floyd’s killing in 2020, which ignited a wave of racial reckonings across the country. — Charlotte Observer, 24 June 2026 In the wake of the 2020 protests of anti-Black police violence, museums put themselves forward as hosts for their communities’ racial reckonings and difficult discourses. — Greg Allen, ARTnews.com, 7 June 2026 Two presidents, two reckonings In February, a Seoul court sentenced former President Yoon to life in prison for the martial-law attempt; his former defense minister got 30 years. — Joohee Cho, ABC News, 4 June 2026

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Montreal was one of the cities that pulled out of the process after balking at increasing cost estimates.

— Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
These estimates determine their eligibility for premium subsidies — and some people, especially those with volatile incomes, may guess wrong, Cox said.

— Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 3 July 2026

Definition of estimates

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Austria has just launched one of the world’s 100 fastest supercomputers, which is equipped with 1,088 Nvidia chips and can carry out 45,110 trillion calculations per second.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 3 July 2026
The rare disruptions that insurance companies struggle to factor into their calculations aren’t so rare anymore, Oliver Bäte observes.

— Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 3 July 2026

Definition of calculations

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Miami-Dade is doing somewhat better than the state as a whole on these assessments, and Baker’s own analyses confirm that.

— Austin Horn July 3, Miami Herald, 3 July 2026
Investors are advised to consider Berkshire's unique resources and apply personal risk assessments when evaluating these picks.

— Catherine Brock, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

Definition of assessments

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As a school-leaving-age young woman in 2012, simple maths dictates that she must have been conceived around the time of a conflict that was also defined by the use of mass rape as a weapon of war.

— Jessica Kiang, Variety, 26 May 2026
Some of the studies are showing kids that maybe weren't as interested in maths now love maths.

— Dan Fitzpatrick, Forbes.com, 19 May 2026

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Newsom and the analysts sometimes differ in their estimations.

— CBS News, CBS News, 30 June 2026
And yet he’s built a collection that, by some estimations, ranks among the top in the country, homing in on grade-A examples of American masters—Roy Lichtenstein, Ed Ruscha, and with a particular focus on Basquiat.

— Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 26 June 2026

Definition of estimations

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During the temporary closure, multiple third-party entities conducted comprehensive evaluations of center operations, including biomedical equipment reviews and water quality testing.

— Paula Wethington, CBS News, 30 June 2026
Some of those evaluations will be classified while others can be standardized by scientists for open international use.

— Mark Minevich, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026

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