in reaction to
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: in response to
The newspaper received many angry letters in reaction to the editorial.
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Lyon’s far-left-leaning militant groups are more recent and were created in reaction to the many far-right groups that have been present for several decades.
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ABC News, 21 Feb. 2026
Around that time, in reaction to mounting discontent in the city core’s older neighborhoods, the City Council approved fees in the urbanized tier.
—Nico Calavita, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026
Her toxic moments are pretty much always in reaction to something, trying to make something, trying to stop something, trying to undo something.
—Emily Longeretta, Variety, 17 Feb. 2026
Hundreds of anti-ICE protests after taken place across the country in reaction to aggressive enforcement and the deaths of two people in Minneapolis.
—Cate Charron, IndyStar, 14 Feb. 2026
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ABC News, 21 Feb. 2026
Around that time, in reaction to mounting discontent in the city core’s older neighborhoods, the City Council approved fees in the urbanized tier.
—Nico Calavita, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026
Her toxic moments are pretty much always in reaction to something, trying to make something, trying to stop something, trying to undo something.
—Emily Longeretta, Variety, 17 Feb. 2026
Hundreds of anti-ICE protests after taken place across the country in reaction to aggressive enforcement and the deaths of two people in Minneapolis.
—Cate Charron, IndyStar, 14 Feb. 2026
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“In reaction to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20reaction%20to. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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