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react

[ree-akt] / riˈækt /


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For the day ahead, investors will react to eurozone inflation data and U.S. third-quarter employment cost index.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

The ratio works, according to the study’s authors, because gold and platinum react to different factors.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

“We’re always paying attention, focused on our surroundings and ready to react reflexively or proactively.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

"Should we get to the depths of winter and there's a massive spike in costs of oil, for example, we do have the ability to react to that," she added.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

They hit the dragon’s head, but it doesn’t react as it flies past the skyway.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas

These results may surprise you, given that the stock market typically reacts poorly to economic-policy uncertainty.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

Each of the characters in the Deposition reacts differently—most dramatically, the distraught Mary Magdalene.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Roy Keane: Foden gets up and reacts obviously, so he's sent off.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

Scientists from ECU's School of Engineering found that magnetite can release hydrogen gas when it reacts with hot water under conditions similar to those deep below the Earth's surface.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 29, 2026

My body reacts before my mind does and I’m running out the door, across the lawns of the Victor’s Village, into the dark beyond.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

In Portland, Maine, supporters reacted to the news that Democratic Senate candidate Troy Jackson won his seat.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

Kalshi traders reacted to these polls by favoring Gadi Eisenkot, a former chief of staff for the Israel Defense Forces, who ran just ahead of “no one” as the next prime minister.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

She had reacted poorly to medication and did not think she was going to get better, the court was told.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

French President Emmanuel Macron reacted with outrage to the attack, stressing the need for "far more than a localised ceasefire" like the one in Oleshky.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

Macon would admit he’d been wrong about how he’d reacted.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn

“The people who use this window intentionally often have far more flexibility later, while those who ignore it may spend retirement reacting to choices they can no longer change.”

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

How is the creative community reacting to advertisers’ new embrace?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

AMD and CoreWeave were among the AI stocks reacting badly to earnings from Microsoft and Alphabet.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

They can also be embedded in habitual ways of reacting to people and navigating relationships.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026

Then his legs flicked and he was behind the nearest tree, and the man in black had not expected it and was slow reacting.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman


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