reckoning
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“We need more voices — feminist perspectives, stories from marginalized communities, an honest reckoning with colorism and the hierarchies embedded in South Asian culture,” Singh said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026
Belle Burden’s blockbuster memoir “Strangers,” now in its ninth printing, has sparked a personal-finance reckoning.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
The firm added that SpaceX’s expected initial public offering has “forced a reckoning among allocators” who don’t currently have exposure to the market.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026
Let’s hope that April 12 will prove to be a day of reckoning.
From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026
He had done his best, but the reckoning was still to come.
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
Vocabulary lists containing reckoning
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