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Recent Examples of reflex
Hilary Tetenbaum, Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2024
By Kate Lindsay These days, turning on my Amazon Fire smart TV is like a reflex test.
—Kate Lindsay, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2024
Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 22 Aug. 2024
Stretching When the stress response is activated, your muscles tense up as a reflex to protect against pain or injury.
—Noma Nazish, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Adjective
When anxious, angry, or overwhelmed, your muscles subconsciously contract and knot up as a reflex reaction to guard against injury and pain.
—Hilary Tetenbaum, Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2024
By Kate Lindsay These days, turning on my Amazon Fire smart TV is like a reflex test.
—Kate Lindsay, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2024
Noun
Emi is perfectly positioned with great reflexes again.
—Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 22 Aug. 2024
Stretching When the stress response is activated, your muscles tense up as a reflex to protect against pain or injury.
—Noma Nazish, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reflex
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Despite initial concerns about Maggie’s reactive nature, the two dogs quickly formed a tight bond.Ashley Vega, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
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Light: What are the three main types of asset allocation strategies, and how does the glide path fit into this framework? Sadler: At the most general level, the three categories of asset allocation strategies in personal finance are: static allocation, dynamic allocation and reactive allocation.Larry Light, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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And during Trump's first term, his child separation policy created an angry public recoil, with polling numbers at almost the exact same level as Bush's Social Security privatization.Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
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Kendrick’s fluttering syllables and a jittery bassline bounce like a slinky’s recoil.Peter A. Berry, Variety, 24 Nov. 2024
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To take it a step further, Mars will station retrograde in Leo on Dec. 6 — shaking up your 12th house of closure, healing and unconscious patterns — which is also an invitation to reconsider how your residual energies in your subconscious influence your love life.Valerie Mesa, People.com, 7 Dec. 2024
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Her steering wheel, bent and broken, could indicate that Silkwood braced her arms as the impact occurred -- inconsistent with someone being unconscious at the time.Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 5 Dec. 2024
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In episode six, the last one before the next batch of Love Is Blind becomes available next week, her annoyance and frankly, revulsion, with her new fiancé becomes more and more palpable.Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 2 Oct. 2024
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Her germ phobia may have infected Simone with her lifelong revulsion at bodily contact.Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
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It’s most effectively rendered in the second act’s rumble — a stark, visceral, and surprising set piece that uses rain and strobe lighting and leaves both cast and audience breathless.EW Staff, EW.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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The shots that killed Thompson are resonating across a national landscape where visceral tensions are running high.Niall Stanage, The Hill, 6 Dec. 2024
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And that would mean job gains, excluding the one-time rebound effects, totaled a sturdy 157,000, Brown said.Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
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Sophomore small forward Devin Royal amassed 18 points on 8 of 14 shooting (57.1%) and nine rebounds, and freshman point guard John Mobley Jr. came off the bench to add 15 points on 5 of 11 shooting (45.4%) and four rebounds for Ohio State, which dropped its second consecutive game.Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 5 Dec. 2024
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Those who follow the teachings of Warren Buffett know only to invest via index funds in a Pavlovian fashion.Jim Cramer, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2024
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Every other outcome only reinforces his Pavlovian impulse to belittle, attack and dominate.New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 7 May 2024
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Your ‘Type’ Reflects Your Past, Not Your Potential Your type often acts like a subconscious roadmap, guiding you toward people who feel familiar.Mark Travers, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
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Influenced by Freud, the Surrealists dove into the subconscious mind, especially dreams and nightmares.Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Reflex.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reflex. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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