reactive
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Led by Dr. Clare Bakewell, a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Chemistry, the researchers created highly reactive aluminum molecules capable of breaking some of the strongest chemical bonds.
From Science Daily • May 1, 2026
With a long-overdue pivot to a strategy of cost-imposition, we can flip the script and break the cycle of reactive defense.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
The wide-ranging proposals say reactive action would be insufficient, and online marketplaces would need to "act with due care to prevent, identify and remove dangerous products being sold via their platforms".
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
“We acknowledge the reactive appearance of this call, but what we interpreted as a bottoming process, akin to prior cycles last year, appears less so now,” Zener wrote in a note to clients.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026
He’d thought it was some property of the metal that it was reactive with skin, but he was the only one who had reacted to it.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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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