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Recent Examples of reflex
Khristian Gutierrez, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
The hard plastic cabinets have bass reflex ports on the rear along the top edge.
—PC Magazine, 23 July 2025
Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Aug. 2025
Freak us out and test our gag reflex.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2025
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Adjective
These habits become reflex rather than top-down mandates.
—Khristian Gutierrez, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
The hard plastic cabinets have bass reflex ports on the rear along the top edge.
—PC Magazine, 23 July 2025
Noun
At first, hydrotherapy required the vet to manually move his legs in the tank, but, over time, his reflexes and muscle memory strengthened.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Aug. 2025
Freak us out and test our gag reflex.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reflex
Adjective
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Is the management team proactive or reactive?—
Jack Mullen,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Up until this point, their private war had mostly been reactive.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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And, every time, opponents recoil in horror—not at the ethics violation, but at the idea that members may have to pay taxes if they are forced to sell their holdings.—
Andrew Leahey,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Nutting will recoil at paying Skenes exorbitant salaries in arbitration, and almost certainly seek a massive return in a trade before losing him as a free agent.—
Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Daniel, having fallen off the side of a mountain on a rock-climbing trip with Cherry, is in the hospital, unconscious and fighting for his life.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
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As Daniel lies unconscious and broken in a hospital bed, the doctors warn Laura and her husband, Howard (Waleed Zuaiter), that their son probably won’t make it.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Barely any other media in recent times has given me an instant shock of glee or revulsion like this absurd anarcho-cartoon being stretched and squeezed to its most grotesque and wholesome clickbait limits.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
10 Sep. 2025
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Ann Lee’s impoverished childhood in Manchester is spent dreaming of service to God while feeling revulsion at the physical facts of life.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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His reaction appears to be as much visceral as political.—
Jeremy Lott,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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His work was personal, emotional and visceral.—
WWD Staff,
Footwear News,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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After two playoff debacles, a track record of poor play against quality teams during his tenure and a season of disappointment in 2024, the coach must direct his team toward a strong rebound this week against the New England Patriots.—
Mike Jones,
New York Times,
14 Sep. 2025
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Rupert appeared to injure herself on a fall during a fight for a rebound early in the fourth quarter, sustaining what coach Natalie Nakase called an ankle injury.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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When the needle finally drops, the effect is Pavlovian.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
25 July 2025
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The result is a political Pavlovian response where even modest tax reforms come with a side of millionaire exodus think-pieces.—
Andrew Leahey,
Forbes.com,
20 July 2025
Adjective
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Illustrations can be as powerful as photographs and their visual imagery often lives on, influencing our subconscious.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
8 Sep. 2025
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This kind of subconscious bias could further complicate hiring practices already known to be influenced by factors such as race, age, and socioeconomic status.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Sep. 2025
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“Reflex.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reflex. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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