reactive
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“Right now we’re seeing reactive responses. OK, let’s throw up some sandbags and plywood.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
The meeting of water and plastic creates a third class of molecules called reactive oxygen species.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
"It didn't affect me at all until I took the last reactive injection, which basically releases the eggs into position for extraction the next day."
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
At the cathode, oxygen reduction generates reactive oxygen species that initiate the oxygen-transfer reaction.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
The chemosterilants of this group are alkylating agents, which are extremely reactive chemicals, capable of intense cell destruction, damage to chromosomes, and production of mutations.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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Vocabulary lists containing reactive
Chemical Reactions - Introductory
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Matter and Energy 2: Properties of Matter, Chemical Reactions, and Energy
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The State of the Union Address 2015
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