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.
Recent Examples on the Web
The offshore-oil industry had weathered the environmental reckoning and emerged intact, and arguably stronger.
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Jeffrey Marlow, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
Around the same time as the poet’s reckoning, one of the first plastics manufacturers was founded.
—Caroline Fraser, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
For Restrepo—whose work with Nobel laureate Daron Acemoglu has shaped the economics profession’s understanding of automation for more than a decade—the message is not one of despair, but of clear-eyed reckoning.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2026
While a lot changed after 2021, Close said women’s college sports might need another reckoning soon because new revenue sharing rules are poised to create another major gap in resources allocated to men’s and women’s programs that aren’t getting addressed by Title IX protection.
—Marisa Ingemi, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2026
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Jeffrey Marlow, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
Around the same time as the poet’s reckoning, one of the first plastics manufacturers was founded.
—Caroline Fraser, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
For Restrepo—whose work with Nobel laureate Daron Acemoglu has shaped the economics profession’s understanding of automation for more than a decade—the message is not one of despair, but of clear-eyed reckoning.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2026
While a lot changed after 2021, Close said women’s college sports might need another reckoning soon because new revenue sharing rules are poised to create another major gap in resources allocated to men’s and women’s programs that aren’t getting addressed by Title IX protection.
—Marisa Ingemi, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2026
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 8 Apr. 2026.
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