Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “in the reckoning“ and its meaning is “being considered for a position/post; in the position of likely success/importance”.
Example Sentence: Karnataka Director General of Police (DGP) Praveen Sood will be the next CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) Director after his name was finalised on Saturday by a three-member panel comprising Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud, and Leader of the Opposition (Congress) in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury… The other senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer who was in the reckoning for the position was DGP of Madhya Pradesh Sudhir Saxena.
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Courtesy: The Hindu
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