as in to respond
to act or behave in response (as to a stimulus or influence)
it was my first touchdown, and I didn't know how to react to the cheers of the crowd
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Recent Examples of react
The only way to react to the excess of stimulating digital content is to meet it with more excess, absorbing the onslaught and spitting it back out.
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Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2025
Lewis Gannett, literary critic, New York Herald Tribune, August 29, 1946: When headlines say a hundred thousand people are killed, whether in battle, by earthquake, flood, or atom bomb, the human mind refuses to react to mathematics.
—Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025
North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un called for the rapid buildup of his nation's nuclear arsenal on Tuesday, reacting to joint military operations by the U.S. and South Korea.
—Anders Hagstrom, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2025
But everyone's body is different and can react differently, so the clinic monitors each client closely and in case a side effect does arise.
—Hedy Phillips, People.com, 19 Aug. 2025
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Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2025
Lewis Gannett, literary critic, New York Herald Tribune, August 29, 1946: When headlines say a hundred thousand people are killed, whether in battle, by earthquake, flood, or atom bomb, the human mind refuses to react to mathematics.
—Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025
North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un called for the rapid buildup of his nation's nuclear arsenal on Tuesday, reacting to joint military operations by the U.S. and South Korea.
—Anders Hagstrom, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2025
But everyone's body is different and can react differently, so the clinic monitors each client closely and in case a side effect does arise.
—Hedy Phillips, People.com, 19 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for react
respond
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Green responded well to an early mistake letting a receiver behind with two pass breakups, including one on a fade route at the goal line.—
Adam Grosbard,
Oc Register,
17 Aug. 2025
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East Windsor Ambulance, the Broad Brook Fire Department and Warehouse Point Fire Department all responded to the scene.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
17 Aug. 2025
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“React.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/react. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.
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