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Recent Examples of reflex
Michael Santoli, CNBC, 4 Dec. 2025
But largely absent from the show was a pain management disorder – reflex neurovascular dystrophy, also known as complex regional pain syndrome – that Sioux has dealt with for much of her life.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
Jodi Bondi Norgaard, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
In her view, that reflex has contributed to growing social and economic friction, slowing progress on issues that require cooperation rather than alignment around a single viewpoint.
—Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 4 Mar. 2026
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Adjective
Or just a reflex mean-reversion trade in some laggard sectors at a time when the AI theme has become more fragmented and treacherous?
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 4 Dec. 2025
But largely absent from the show was a pain management disorder – reflex neurovascular dystrophy, also known as complex regional pain syndrome – that Sioux has dealt with for much of her life.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
Noun
When empathy is framed as weakness and equality as provocation, anger becomes a reflex.
—Jodi Bondi Norgaard, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
In her view, that reflex has contributed to growing social and economic friction, slowing progress on issues that require cooperation rather than alignment around a single viewpoint.
—Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 4 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reflex
Adjective
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Fire officials said at the time that a sprinkler head had malfunctioned, causing water to mix with a water-reactive chemical.—
Dan Raby,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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If the idea is a good one, then an extra 24 hours of thought will not hurt and may prevent you from executing a reactive trade that is catalyzed by market movement only.—
Jill Schlesinger,
Mercury News,
13 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The system includes an autoloader with manual backup and uses advanced recoil management.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Apr. 2026
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Let evil recoil on those who slander me; in your faithfulness destroy them.—
Chris Spargo,
PEOPLE,
9 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Foster was unconscious on the way down and the chute partially redeployed, carrying him past the drop zone and into a tree.—
Shelley Bortz,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
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The unconscious Moon in your 2nd House of Values forms a supportive sextile to wounded-healer Chiron in your 4th House of Comfort.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
12 Apr. 2026
Noun
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But now many of those same factions are expressing open revulsion at the Iran war, rupturing relationships that were supposed to usher in a new international order.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Apr. 2026
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Dahl’s revulsion at the violence committed in Israel’s name is at once comprehensible, in and of itself, and rooted in Dahl’s set of antisemitic beliefs.—
Daniel D'Addario,
Variety,
24 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Her association with Nuyorican bandleader and timbalero Tito Puente provided the perfect transition from the honeyed sheen of La Matancera to the ragged, visceral feel of Seventies salsa.—
Ernesto Lechner,
Rolling Stone,
15 Apr. 2026
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Four stories make music visceral—two accomplished pianists, a girl constantly plugged into her earphones, and a quintet with five young Native American voices.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Center Bam Adebayo led the Heat with a 24-point, 11-rebound double-double, with point guard Davion Mitchell adding a 15-point, 11-assist double-double.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Apr. 2026
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Tatum registered his ninth assist less than three minutes after halftime and pulled down his 10th rebound just past the midway point of the third quarter.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
4 Apr. 2026
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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But sometimes there are things that enter from the subconscious.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
11 Apr. 2026
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His implication, perhaps subconscious, is that occasional flashes of partisanship are a form of self-defense.—
Peter S. Canellos,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Reflex.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reflex. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.
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