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reckons

verb

present tense third-person singular of reckon

as in estimates

to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement tried to reckon the size of the crowd at the stadium

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as in thinks

chiefly dialect to have as an opinion I reckon you must be new to these parts

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as in calculates

to determine (a value) by doing the necessary mathematical operations reckoned the runner's pace by dividing her finishing time by the race distance

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as in relies

to place reliance or trust don't reckon on being provided with low-cost housing if you take a summer job there

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as in considers

to think of in a particular way he was reckoned among the great heroes of his time

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Recent Examples of reckons Schulz at LendingTree reckons that most credit cardholders will see their rates rise by a quarter-point over the next couple of months. — Paul Wiseman, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026 Even considering the persistence and peril of anthrax, Stewart reckons that the British government did properly decontaminate the island. — Rj MacKenzie, Popular Science, 5 Aug. 2026 Nevertheless, Gu reckons that pushing charging speed much higher will provide diminishing returns for customers. — James Morris, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026 The World Economic Forum reckons that 59% of employees will need to reskill by 2030 due to AI’s influence. — Eric Francia, Fortune, 7 July 2026 Christine Ure, project director of the 988 hotline at BHDDH, reckons a convergence of factors has led to the uptick in calls. — Jonny Williams, The Providence Journal, 30 June 2026 Goldman Sachs partner Bobby Molavi reckons the current market is similar to the final months of the dotcom era, when investors took sudden 5% moves in their stride. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 27 June 2026 The director of the Miami Downtown Development Authority (DDA) has been placed on administrative leave as the agency’s 15-member board searches for her replacement and reckons with what's been described as a dysfunctional and hostile environment. — Tess Riski june 18, Miami Herald, 18 June 2026 Lasers can transmit 10 to 100 times more data per second than radio waves, and Khatri reckons that O2O can even improve on this and increase the downlink rate by at least another factor of 10 over what was possible during Artemis 2. — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 15 June 2026

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Brazil estimates that its deposits hold up to 21 million tons, second only to China.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2026
Quang estimates that about 20% of her customers tip and mostly for dinner service.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of estimates

Verb

Knowing someone's baseline characteristics is not the same as knowing what that person thinks about this decision today.

— Leslie John, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026
What to read next For Mars, the team thinks that this balance was reversed, with roughly three-quarters of its mass appearing to come from planetesimals, and the remaining quarter from pebble accretion.

— Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of thinks

Verb

Contrary to the traditional labor theory of value, which calculates the value of a good or service through the amount of labor required to produce it, Poliks and Trillo posit latency and delay to be the true sources of value.

— Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
The team calculates that doubling the battery capacity and deploying next-generation solar coatings could transform the drone’s operational footprint.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of calculates

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But the head of aviation security at the Transportation Ministry, Dvir Rubenstien, told Army Radio that the ministry relies on local security checks and does not have the tools or the ability to run checks on each passenger on every flight.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2026
But the head of aviation security at the Transportation Ministry, Dvir Rubenstein, told Army Radio that the ministry relies on local security checks and does not have the tools or the ability to run checks on each passenger on every flight.

— Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of relies

Verb

Eric Virey, principal displays analyst at Yole Intelligence, considers FALD a hardware feature first and foremost.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026
That has left the kingdom searching for friends beyond Washington, for allies ready to put rockets where the rhetoric is and assist in a fight Saudi Arabia considers existential.

— Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of considers

Verb

Rock* supposes there’s a fork in the road where the Beatles take us one way and the Velvet Underground pull us somewhere else entirely.

— Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026
Book banning supposes that children never age, never leave home, never become their own people outside their parents.

— Rebecca Stafford, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of supposes

Verb

With her appointment of a special prosecutor, Hochul believes Van Houten is not up to the task.

— David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 2 Oct. 2026
Jones said the team believes its drilling results raise questions about some previous explanations of the site as a natural rock formation.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of believes

Verb

In other words, Marvell sits at the heart of the AI infrastructure buildout and what the company says Tuesday figures to influence trading in many other AI stocks.

— Zev Fima, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2026
Freddy Peralta has rolled since the Rays acquired him from the New York Mets, and Nick Martinez figures to have a prominent role in the series.

— Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026

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