knee jerk
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“The knee jerk is likely disappointment, given the lack of acceleration in both billed business and revenue growth,” Foran said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
“Investors do not want to see this and the negative knee jerk reaction is being seen,” Ives said of Alphabet stock’s drop.
From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026
"Everyone recognizes there is a growing antibiotic resistance crisis, and the knee jerk reaction is to develop new antibiotics," You added.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 22, 2024
But a former cabinet minister - strongly opposed to withdrawal - described the idea as "knee jerk nonsense".
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2023
Facilitation of the patellar reflex or "knee jerk".
From Psychology A Study Of Mental Life by Woodworth, Robert S.
The currency could suffer knee-jerk weakness if the Fed holds rates steady, TD Securities said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Defence Secretary John Healey said he believed the prime minister could "still turn this around" while Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper warned against a "knee-jerk reaction" to the results.
From BBC ● May 8, 2026
My immediate knee-jerk reaction to your portfolio is that you have nearly 39% of your total holdings in stocks, which is OK.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 22, 2026
Oddly enough, “The Drama” was already resisting knee-jerk reactions before it was even properly released.
From Salon ● Apr. 9, 2026
He’d have thought that knee-jerk skepticism would have been knuckled under by the sight of the enormous floating seraph in the sky.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
