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 The exotic premise is developed with relentless seriousness, even severity, extracting deep pathos from the characters’ eerie reckonings. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026 Necessary reckonings have pulled the deepest wounds of American history to the surface, fracturing the public into factions of the wronged, the guilty, and those in hysterical denial. — Judy Berman, Time, 9 July 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 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 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 A lot of it was kind of reckonings with childhood, really very expressive work. — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 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

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The tax generates more than a half-billion dollars for county public schools, district estimates show, and the vast majority of it supplements the salaries of teachers like Fortich.

— Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2026
Earnings growth across the sector could see meaningful upward revisions as incremental data-center contracts are signed, and tightening power-market fundamentals drive upside to consensus estimates.

— Michael Khouw, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of estimates

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And the cosmic radiation that Earth’s atmosphere filters out can scramble calculations, forcing systems to catch and correct errors on the fly.

— Peter Hall, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2026
Per the center’s calculations, a family of four buying a home in Madera County would have to earn no more than $166,800 a year, while a family in Santa Clara County could earn up to $375,800 a year and still qualify.

— Audrey McGlinchy, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of calculations

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Participants then completed assessments of self-compassion, positive affect, stress, etc.

— Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
Organizations must translate governance into ownership, controls, risk assessments, testing, monitoring, incident response and measurable accountability.

— Muhammad Affan Habib, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of assessments

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From the age of 14, pupils will be able to combine technical subjects like manufacturing and AI with core subjects like maths and English.

— Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 29 July 2026
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

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The company’s responsibilities have included negotiating acquisitions, structuring deals, ensuring project appraisals are completed and collaborating with the state agency that Bell leads.

— Rob Davis, ProPublica, 2 Oct. 2026
The shop also provides research and appraisals of instruments.

— Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of appraisals

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Co-author Kaitlyn Becker, an MIT mechanical engineering assistant professor, said the technology could help therapists compare patient evaluations over time.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
But on key predictors of vote choice, especially presidential approval and economic evaluations, the opinions of independents appear to be closer to those of Democrats than to Republicans.

— Julio Borquez, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026

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