- present tense form of reflect (3rd person singular).
reflects
Example Sentences
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Large crowds are expected throughout the pontiff's trip, which the Church believes reflects a growing spirituality among the French and other Europeans.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
The lack of a meeting between the two leaders before the Israeli elections and the U.S. midterm elections on Nov. 3 reflects that tension.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Bright sea ice reflects much of the Sun's incoming energy, while darker ocean water absorbs more of it.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
I find that to be the trouble with the way people watch and talk about films these days, as if a movie’s merit is defined by whether or not it reflects the viewer.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
The syntactic confusion about which grammatical person belongs in which phrase reflects our intellectual confusion about the very meaning of the concept “person.”
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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