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Discover LudwigThe phrase "reckoning is due" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when indicating that a time for judgment, assessment, or accountability has arrived.
Example: "After years of neglecting the issue, the reckoning is due, and we must face the consequences of our actions."
Alternatives: "time for accountability" or "moment of judgment."
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Forty years down the road, however, another reckoning is due.
But a reckoning is due, and how Iraq faces its recent past will ultimately count for as much as the design of a transitional government or the divvying up of the oil.
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Manchester's recent musical renaissance, he reckons, is due to "good nights and hubs of artists creating critical mass," rather than any individual's efforts.
Much of it they reckon was due to be smuggled to China by the Knights Templar, a bloodthirsty drug-trafficking outfit.
He has made all parties to lawsuits filed by Parmalat in America jointly liable for the $10 billion of damages he reckons are due.
Another one, they reckoned, was due to happen just about now.
It ignores, too, the reckoning that is due in the party that nominated him, with Ted Cruz as the more primly demagogic also-ran.
I reckon this is due to everyone prearranging their hook-ups on apps.
He reckons this is due to the company's focus on the enterprise.
But the jokes cannot disguise their author's sincere feelings that America is due for a reckoning that he and his fellow baby boomers helped bring about.
The outcome likely provides limited comfort to Republican strategists confronted with still more evidence that the party is due for a reckoning in November.
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