in reaction to
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: in response to
The newspaper received many angry letters in reaction to the editorial.
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There are three broad schools of thought that are most common in reaction to the soccer World Cup being won by Saudi Arabia.
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Callum Booth, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
And a lot of that definition is going to happen now in reaction to Trump.
—ABC News, 1 Dec. 2024
Treasury yields popped in reaction to a bunch of positive economic data points.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2024
According to some accounts, the term mid jumped from weed slang to the mainstream in 2021, in reaction to one of the many overlong and underdeveloped albums that Drake—the Spotify era’s defining rapper—has released like so many tadpoles into a lake.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 26 Nov. 2024
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Callum Booth, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
And a lot of that definition is going to happen now in reaction to Trump.
—ABC News, 1 Dec. 2024
Treasury yields popped in reaction to a bunch of positive economic data points.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2024
According to some accounts, the term mid jumped from weed slang to the mainstream in 2021, in reaction to one of the many overlong and underdeveloped albums that Drake—the Spotify era’s defining rapper—has released like so many tadpoles into a lake.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 26 Nov. 2024
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