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- noun Plural form of
reckoning .
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Examples
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The unknown quantity in my reckonings was the time it would take Clubfoot to send out a warning all over Germany to detain Julius Zimmermann, waiter and deserter, wherever and whenever apprehended.
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The office was no sinecure either, for he had to write up all the records with his own hand; and when he had done his "reckonings" at the custom-house, he returned with delight to his favourite studies at home -- poring over his books until his eyes were "dazed" and dull.
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Ressentiment warps his reckonings with his hardships and opportunities.
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By some reckonings, Christine O'Donnell had a bit of a rocky time at her Delaware Senate debate with Dem Chris Coons last night.
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The ending is a series of dramatic reckonings, staged with the speed and precision of toppling dominoes.
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It is, by some reckonings, a liberal oasis in an increasingly conservative desert.
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By a couple of different reckonings, the game is losing one million golfers a year, net.
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It is, by some reckonings, a liberal oasis in an increasingly conservative desert.
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It is becoming clearer and clearer that the vast majority of “jobs saved” were in government, and in effect the stimulus merely had the effect of bailing out state governments that were able to use stimulus money to put off their budget reckonings.
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It is, by some reckonings, a liberal oasis in an increasingly conservative desert.
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