as in response
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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The upbeat reaction to Amazon ’s results on Thursday is lifting the index.
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Jeff Marks, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2024
Driving the news: This week's earnings reactions show an increasingly discerning investor.
—Pete Gannon, Axios, 1 Nov. 2024
But there is no mistaking this as a reaction to the camp or thoughts of his grandmother; Majdanek only gave him a little shove.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 1 Nov. 2024
Research firm Capital Economics plans to actually raise its interest-rate forecast in such a scenario because its economist Thomas Ryan suspects the Federal Reserve’s reaction will be to pull back on slashing rates.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2024
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Jeff Marks, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2024
Driving the news: This week's earnings reactions show an increasingly discerning investor.
—Pete Gannon, Axios, 1 Nov. 2024
But there is no mistaking this as a reaction to the camp or thoughts of his grandmother; Majdanek only gave him a little shove.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 1 Nov. 2024
Research firm Capital Economics plans to actually raise its interest-rate forecast in such a scenario because its economist Thomas Ryan suspects the Federal Reserve’s reaction will be to pull back on slashing rates.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Reaction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reaction. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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