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
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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Thieves took less than eight minutes to steal jewels valued at 88 million euros ($102 million) — a high-profile heist that sparked a national reckoning and stunned the world.
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Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2025
Many non-White people abandoned White evangelical churches after the George Floyd racial reckoning.
—John Blake, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025
Yet now is a time of reckoning.
—Lydia Polgreen, Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2025
The move also highlights the Democratic Party’s internal reckoning over its ideological future, especially in urban strongholds like New York City.
—Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
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Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2025
Many non-White people abandoned White evangelical churches after the George Floyd racial reckoning.
—John Blake, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025
Yet now is a time of reckoning.
—Lydia Polgreen, Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2025
The move also highlights the Democratic Party’s internal reckoning over its ideological future, especially in urban strongholds like New York City.
—Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for reckoning
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“Reckoning.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reckoning. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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