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reactive

[ree-ak-tiv] / riˈæk tɪv /




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The soothing hum of the venue’s air conditioning helped mute the jarring sound of missile interceptions, keeping the naturally reactive animals calm.

From The Wall Street Journal

They increase levels of "reactive oxygen species," unstable molecules that can damage cells, while also weakening the body's antioxidant defenses that normally keep these molecules under control.

From Science Daily

What was once a confident founding community has become increasingly cautious, reactive and demographically diminished.

From The Wall Street Journal

This process effectively creates an internal oxygen drain that alters photosynthesis and the metabolism of reactive oxygen species.

From Science Daily

Whether an incoming Fed chair philosophically skeptical of reactive policymaking will be receptive to more data inputs remains an open question.

From Barron's