reactive

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That disaster “brought about new regulations for the chemical manufacturing industry,” the museum said, including requiring cool temperatures and special containers for shipping ammonium nitrate and banning storage near other reactive materials.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

With a long-overdue pivot to a strategy of cost-imposition, we can flip the script and break the cycle of reactive defense.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

The wide-ranging proposals say reactive action would be insufficient, and online marketplaces would need to "act with due care to prevent, identify and remove dangerous products being sold via their platforms".

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

“Whether people are tracking food intake, monitoring sleep or asking about peptide therapies, they’re expressing the same underlying shift: from reactive to proactive,” Jeffrey Egler, Noom’s chief medical officer, said in an email last week.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

“That’s the mesarthium,” he said, and asked, curious, “Have you noticed its being reactive to skin?”

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor