How to Use in reaction to in a Sentence
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Then we’ll be united and rise up out of the hole in reaction to those failures.
—Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 6 Nov. 2025
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In many ways, Democrats are doubling down [on free trade] in reaction to him.
—Alex Thompson, Axios, 16 Mar. 2025
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But the stock is trading down about 7% on Wednesday in reaction to the new plan.
—Yun Li, CNBC, 19 Feb. 2025
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What parts of us get lost when our lives, stories, and selves are shaped only in reaction to the world outside of us?
—Rebekah Taussig, TIME, 24 Feb. 2025
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Playing it wasn’t in reaction to anything.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
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Here are more comments in reaction to the plan that was recently announced.
—Fox News, 30 Aug. 2022
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Uber's share price did not rise in reaction to the news, unlike the huge movements from Lucid's share price.
—Charles Singh, USA Today, 19 July 2025
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Today, the stock fell by up to 3% in reaction to the Adani investment news.
—Mimansa Verma, Quartz, 3 Mar. 2023
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Another was asked to run out of the cinema in disgust in reaction to the mass vomit scene in the film.
—Liza Foreman, Variety, 29 Jan. 2023
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Pritzker said in reaction to Trump on Wednesday.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2025
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Every time stocks take a step back in reaction to bad news, a relentless wave of buy-the-dippers has sent them back upward again.
—Jim Edwards, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2026
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But her best work is in reaction to McKellen’s grandiosity.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2025
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The same year, model Kate Upton ripped on the show in reaction to rumors that it might be canceled.
—Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2023
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The convincingly lifelike dragon blinked, smiled and moved its head in reaction to each person’s touch.
—Adrian Ruhi, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2025
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Kiplinger explains that this drop was in reaction to the recent decline in the 10-year Treasury yield.
—Becca Stanek, The Week, 12 Jan. 2023
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Their color, brightness, or patterns could change in response to your activity or in reaction to the world around you.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 May 2021
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Policy made in reaction to a single story rarely produces good results.
—Sean Garcia Leys, Oc Register, 27 Mar. 2026
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That’s why the 10-year Treasury yield is falling, not rising, in reaction to the tariff plans.
—Kelly Evans, CNBC, 3 Apr. 2025
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How many of my life decisions have been made in reaction to feeling unhappily married?
—Liana Finck, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2026
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We are told all this is in reaction to Israeli excesses on the ground in the Middle East.
—Sam Faddis, Baltimore Sun, 24 June 2024
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Justin Herbert’s flustered spike in reaction to a delay-of-game penalty marked an odd but notable career first.
—Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2023
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In 2019, Iranians protested in reaction to an overnight spike in gas prices.
—Ali Vaez, Foreign Affairs, 2 Feb. 2023
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There’s been a lot of public commentary in reaction to Beckham’s posts, with people choosing sides.
—Korin Miller, SELF, 22 Jan. 2026
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The rest was due to actions taken starting in the early 1970s in reaction to the high number of deaths.
—Ian Savage, The Conversation, 14 Jan. 2026
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Evers said Wednesday in reaction to the charges being filed that everyone who failed to do their job will be held accountable.
—CBS News, 5 June 2024
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Attendees to the celebrations were seen pouring out drinks, dancing and cheering in reaction to the deal.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
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Halfway through the first game the pair switched sides, in reaction to the clear recognition that Agassi was getting isolated.
—Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 4 May 2025
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Reese took to social media in reaction to Collier's statement on Tuesday.
—Trevor Squire, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
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Outsiders judged and named the Shakers in reaction to their external qualities in worship.
—Christian Goodwillie, The Conversation, 22 Dec. 2025
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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.
—ABC News, 21 Feb. 2026
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