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Recent Examples on the Web This is your time to learn the difference between reactionary living and intuitive decision-making. — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 31 July 2022 So what can companies do now to make sure their ESG efforts lead the charge instead of falling into a reactionary pattern? — Jagmeet Lamba, Forbes, 25 July 2022 That’s because the Republican Party has grown more reactionary over time, and with it a high court that has tilted significantly to the right with the three justices appointed by former President Donald Trump. — The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 June 2022 The Onion mercilessly lampooned the U.S. Supreme Court’s reactionary tilt following Friday’s historic decision to nullify Roe v. Wade. — Todd Spangler, Variety, 25 June 2022 Three successive, large rate increases are desperately reactionary to quell inflation but could push the economy from overheated into recession. — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2022 Consider this: Among the political players who are in a position to put a heavy thumb on the electoral scale are the US Supreme Court's reactionary majority. — Laurence H. Tribe And Dennis Aftergut, CNN, 20 June 2022 Bad Brains, Minor Threat and subsequent generations of D.C. hardcore punk outfits have made music at mind-spinning tempos with a ferociousness that felt reactionary to the political and cultural malaise of their respective eras. — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 16 June 2022 Writing in the early nineties, Faludi situated the backlash within an ongoing cycle of feminist boom and bust in American history: periods of reactionary hostility toward feminism followed periods of widespread embrace. — Molly Fischer, The New Yorker, 21 July 2022 See More

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