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Recent Examples of reflex
Jeremy Engle, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
This decline affects the delicate balance of tear production, contributing to symptoms like irritation, blurred vision and even reflex tearing.
—Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 30 Dec. 2024
Ashlee Marie Preston, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
Valles set a club record for the most consecutive minutes without conceding (599), catching the eye with his adventurous footwork and distribution on top of his close-range reflexes.
—The Athletic Uk Staff, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025
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Adjective
Basal tears keep the eye moist, while reflex tears are meant to protect the eye from irritants like dust.
—Jeremy Engle, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
This decline affects the delicate balance of tear production, contributing to symptoms like irritation, blurred vision and even reflex tearing.
—Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 30 Dec. 2024
Noun
To unlearn the reflex to celebrate Black women only in their movement, their struggle, and their overcoming.
—Ashlee Marie Preston, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
Valles set a club record for the most consecutive minutes without conceding (599), catching the eye with his adventurous footwork and distribution on top of his close-range reflexes.
—The Athletic Uk Staff, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reflex
Adjective
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Behavioral research shows that people alarmed by sensational news tend to make reactive choices against their long-term interests.—
Shahar Ziv,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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Shifting the emphasis from basic budgeting to applied financial thought should assist people of all ages in making deliberate rather than reactive decisions.—
Martin Mulyadi,
Baltimore Sun,
12 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The recoil is enough to knock a drone off course and may cause the operator to lose sight of the target.—
David Hambling,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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But should the White House recoil from the Five Eyes, the remaining members could forge ahead with beefing up bilateral agreements on intelligence sharing between individual countries.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The victim was unconscious and had bruises on his face and body when the couple dropped him at Downstate Medical Center in East Flatbush Saturday.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
10 Mar. 2025
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According to local newspaper The Korea Times, Wheesung was discovered unconscious in his apartment in Seoul’s northern Gwangjin-gu district at 6:29 p.m.—
Patrick Brzeski,
The Hollywood Reporter,
10 Mar. 2025
Noun
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And its desire to more fully embrace German history goes against deep revulsion toward the Nazi past.—
Mark Sappenfield,
The Christian Science Monitor,
20 Feb. 2025
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Reviews of the Peacock series dripped with disdain and revulsion for the entire project: Here’s the Guardian: The show doesn’t just make the case for Anthony’s innocence all over again.—
Aja Romano,
Vox,
4 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Soldiers have reported a visceral fear of drones and both sides have used macabre footage of fatal strikes in their propaganda, with soldiers shown being blown apart in toilets or running from burning vehicles.—
Guy Faulconbridge and Anton Kolodyazhnyy,
USA TODAY,
11 Mar. 2025
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The videos offer a rare and visceral look at how a blind person travels independently.—
Andrew Leland,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The Rockets pulled down 23 offensive rebounds against the 76ers, converting that into 27 second-chance points.—
Kelly Iko,
The Athletic,
18 Mar. 2025
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Getting their opponents to miss a shot isn’t the problem; grabbing the rebound is.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The clack-clack-clack of the spinning wheel and the announcing of the winning number tends to elicit a Pavlovian response from the audience.—
David Andreatta,
New York Times,
16 Feb. 2025
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After a decade, my body reacts in a Pavlovian way to its stimuli, the scroll of torsos, the dopamine of a red dot notification, a three-toned beep that perks you up in your chair.—
Mathew Rodriguez,
Them,
11 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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And there are many experts trained in various therapeutic modalities who can guide us through a systematic approach to resolving anything subconscious that is limiting our ability to do so.—
Ross Overline,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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The sun conjunct Neptune in Pisces will ignite your 12th house of secrets, privacy and spirituality, stirring up subconscious thoughts and dreams.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Reflex.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reflex. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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