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Recent Examples of reflex
Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 30 Dec. 2024
This is made up of a module rocking a 1-inch titanium dome tweeter, 2.75-inch woofer with a fiberglass diaphragm and a 990-cc sound chamber at the front left and right, plus bass reflex porting to the edge.
—New Atlas, 19 Dec. 2024
Maggie Aime, Msn, Health, 24 Nov. 2024
By the early Seventies injuries would begin to take a heavy toll on Law, the mind was still sharp, but the lightning reflexes had been dulled and the goals no longer came so easily.
—Sam Pilger, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
This decline affects the delicate balance of tear production, contributing to symptoms like irritation, blurred vision and even reflex tearing.
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Suffocation and Death Alcohol poisoning can impair necessary reflexes in your body, particularly the gag reflex—which helps prevent choking on food, liquids, and saliva.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for reflex
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Cleveland Browns: Abdul Carter, DE/OLB, Penn State — No, this isn't a reactive move after Myles Garrett's trade request.—
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These tools are shifting finance teams from reactive cost management to proactive, strategic partners in growth.—
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When material is blown off the comet's surface, there is a rocket-like recoil that provides the nongravitational acceleration on top of their orbits, which are already set by the gravitational pull of the sun.—
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Western governments and much of the world recoil at the idea of a jihadist Syria.—
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An unidentified woman in her 70s was found unconscious in the back seat behind the driver following the crash.—
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On the SmackDown episode that aired on November 24, Cargill was found unconscious, bloodied, and left on the hood of a car.—
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Jewish groups that are more broad-minded and sensible reacted with concern over the fate of the hostages and revulsion at the entire idea.—
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Rather than save Himself, Jesus followed precisely the path of moral justice to the Golgotha, awakening a moral revulsion against the war makers that spread across humankind, giving hope that swords would one day be beaten into plowshares.—
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Symbiosis will combine the starkness of a classic and visceral body horror with the intimacy and raw emotion of chamber drama.—
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In the second scene, Hiccup disastrously attempts to tame a wild dragon during his test of courage in the arena, and in the third scene, we are treated to the thrilling re-enactment of Hiccup’s first ride atop Toothless, which takes on a more immersive and visceral power in live-action.—
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Friday night, the Cathedral Catholic High School senior guard led the Dons with 20 points, grabbed 12 rebounds and had two key assists in the fourth quarter as Cathedral held off a late San Marcos run and edged the Knights 73-68 in a San Diego Section Open Division quarterfinal game.—
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Harris grabbed seven rebounds and shot 8 of 10 from the field and 2 of 3 from beyond the arc.—
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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.—
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Nostalgia plays a part too, of course, as those of us who came of age in the VHS era have an almost Pavlovian response to the look and feel of those chunky black tapes.—
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This subconscious tendency—holding space for a future partner while resisting real relationships—sheds light on why some people, despite craving love, never fully step into it.—
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An intuitive understanding releases a pressure valve in your subconscious.—
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“Reflex.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reflex. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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