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reactive

[ree-ak-tiv] / riˈæk tɪv /




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Reactive evacuation measures, for example, saved 96% of Japanese inhabitants when the major tsunami struck the Tōhoku coast on March 11 2011.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

“The only path forward is strict licensing, real-time enforcement, and consequences that actually hurt. Reactive letters won’t fix this. The industry needs to move at the speed of AI — not the speed of litigation.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

Ambient.ai emerged from stealth mode last year with $52 million in funding and the tag line “From Reactive to Proactive.”

From Slate • Dec. 11, 2023

Reactive oxygen molecules flood the lungs, and the extra bilirubin may help counteract their effects, Horsfall says.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 8, 2023

Reactive changes in the vicinity of tuberculous joints are of common occurrence, and play a considerable part in the production of what is clinically known as white swelling.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis




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