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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Sussman—Getty Images for TIME In 2017, Kidman pledged to work with a woman director every 18 months in light of the #MeToo movement’s reckoning with the paucity of opportunities for female filmmakers.
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Miranda Jeyaretnam, TIME, 26 Feb. 2025
The message of both books is that a reckoning is coming.
—Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
Those fires were earlier, though, despite their final reckonings coming only now.
—Thomas Elias, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
What started as a way to pass the time became a reckoning with the history he had never been taught.
—Delano Massey, Axios, 21 Feb. 2025
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Miranda Jeyaretnam, TIME, 26 Feb. 2025
The message of both books is that a reckoning is coming.
—Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
Those fires were earlier, though, despite their final reckonings coming only now.
—Thomas Elias, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
What started as a way to pass the time became a reckoning with the history he had never been taught.
—Delano Massey, Axios, 21 Feb. 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 13 Mar. 2025.
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