as in responses
action or behavior that is done in return to other action or behavior
we were startled by her extreme reaction to being jilted by her boyfriend
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Recent Examples of reactions
The controversial idea to play a domestic league fixture overseas, pushed by La Liga president Javier Tebas to increase Spanish football’s revenues and exposure, attracted completely opposing reactions from the two sides of the Barca-Madrid divide.
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Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
The human then returned with researchers assessing the reactions of those canines who ate the food and those that didn’t.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Costumes and makeup products or peanuts or tree nuts in candies can also trigger severe allergic reactions and rashes.
—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
Content creators now use it for just about anything and its appearance often sparks raucous reactions, like in September when a crowd erupted in cheers after an In-N-Out employee called out order number 67.
—Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Oct. 2025
People quickly took to social media to share their reactions.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Not to mention, his look his garnering a plethora of reactions on social media from football fans and beyond.
—Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
In experiments, astrocytes with the APOE4 variant triggered Alzheimer’s-like immune reactions only when integrated into the multicellular miBrain environment.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
Among the audience reactions that have proven most rewarding is a letter written by a 91-year-old woman who attended a recent performance.
—Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2025
Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
The human then returned with researchers assessing the reactions of those canines who ate the food and those that didn’t.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Costumes and makeup products or peanuts or tree nuts in candies can also trigger severe allergic reactions and rashes.
—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
Content creators now use it for just about anything and its appearance often sparks raucous reactions, like in September when a crowd erupted in cheers after an In-N-Out employee called out order number 67.
—Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Oct. 2025
People quickly took to social media to share their reactions.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Not to mention, his look his garnering a plethora of reactions on social media from football fans and beyond.
—Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
In experiments, astrocytes with the APOE4 variant triggered Alzheimer’s-like immune reactions only when integrated into the multicellular miBrain environment.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
Among the audience reactions that have proven most rewarding is a letter written by a 91-year-old woman who attended a recent performance.
—Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reactions
Noun
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Charles Winstead of the San Francisco Bay Area has seen several climbing accidents while climbing El Capitan over the past few weeks and attests to the quick responses from park personnel.—
Ignacio Calderon,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
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Many students reported conflicting responses from the security staff in the time between the game and the concert.—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Eager for answers, Mae messaged Charlie’s owner but got no response.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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All of that has left the Heat seeking answers in the immediate aftermath of Rozier’s Thursday arrest stemming from his alleged involvement in a sports betting scheme.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
25 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Reactions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reactions. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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