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  • present tense form of reckon (3rd person singular).

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Most lenders have maintained their 2026 guidance, expecting Middle East tensions and elevated energy prices to be temporary, while healthy loan growth and investment-banking pipelines should support earnings momentum, he reckons.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Supply disruptions in the Middle East are expected to keep the aluminum market in structural deficit through 2027, he reckons.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

The report notes that Hartnett now reckons that because investor sentiment has become so bullish, markets are within a “chip shot” of hitting a technical sell signal.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

Or you might share the view of another minister who reckons the public's message from the ballot boxes last week "just had to be respected".

From BBC • May 16, 2026

Dumbledore reckons You-Know-Who’s getting stronger again as well?”

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling