- present participle of reckon.
reckoning
Example Sentences
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The argument is about timing: how much longer AI spending can outrun the doubts, and how violently the market will react when the reckoning finally arrives.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
He said the release will likely "cause a reckoning in the capital markets" since it "brings into question what the dominance will be" of US-based, closed-source models like those from OpenAI and Anthropic.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
The measure of his serious intent to change will be measured in how he spends it—in seeking a return to public power, or in reckoning with the harm he inflicted.
From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2026
If a historical reckoning can happen in Mission San Juan Capistrano, it can happen anywhere.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026
She can navigate by the stars, and by dead reckoning, but I think she learned to use her sense of direction properly because her granddad gave her a motorbike for her sixteenth birthday.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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