responses

plural of response

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Recent Examples of responses This disinformation, often fueled by fossil-fuel interests and amplified by platform algorithms, is described as lethal, drowning out critical public safety information and hindering emergency responses. David Vetter, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026 The difference between these responses raises serious questions about whose health risks are deemed urgent enough to warrant immediate action. Samhita M Ilango, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026 Fight, flight or freeze responses have become widely known in popular culture. Michele Patterson Ford, The Conversation, 19 Aug. 2026 From infancy onward interactions between intestinal microbes and immune cells help the body distinguish harmless microorganisms from disease-causing pathogens and regulate inflammatory responses. Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Aug. 2026 Know More The membership program, according to MS NOW, is the result of online survey responses and interviews with 18,000 network viewers. Max Tani, semafor.com, 19 Aug. 2026 While the Pixel Watch 5 has extra RAM, double the storage, and a slightly faster processor—making local Gemini responses snappier—many of its best software, AI, and GPS features will roll out to the Pixel Watch 4 via updates. Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 19 Aug. 2026 Those who have continued to do research have shifted focus to the impact of restrictive legislation or turned away from academia to work with advocacy and community groups, the responses showed. Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 18 Aug. 2026 In Live Transcribe, users can also sign responses during conversations. Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026
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Noun
  • The researchers say, however, that some of the metabolic reactions were catalyzed not by elaborate protein enzymes, as in all organisms today, but by simple metallic chemical elements found in the hydrothermal vents’ minerals.
    Philip Ball, Scientific American, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Confusion, frustration and celebration were among the top public reactions to reports that Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan will leave the United States after six years and move back to the United Kingdom.
    Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Once connected, ChatGPT can pull up recent conversations, answer questions about what's in them, and compose and send replies as the user.
    Gabriel Alin Zainescu, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • After posting a video earlier this week asking if anyone else couldn’t stop purchasing diamonds via TikTok, his comment section quickly flooded with more than a thousand replies from people across the country, all confessing their little secret.
    Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • While the Reeder family continues to wait for answers — from psychics or elsewhere — Sophie’s father has begun to make peace with the agonizing situation that has now prompted authorities to seek clarity from the beyond.
    Amanda Musa, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Families, many of whom were having children, learning English and enrolling in college, are now scrambling to find answers on the best way to respond to the government's letters.
    Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 15 Aug. 2026

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“Responses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/responses. Accessed 22 Aug. 2026.

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