reflexive

Example Sentences

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Over the past few years, investors have been conditioned to reflexively buy the dip in stocks during periods of geopolitical stress.

From MarketWatch

I jerked back reflexively, but it was too late.

From Literature

But Chip’s need for connection and reflexive sense of entitlement proves disastrous — the story isn’t going the way he wanted, and Groff allows it to collapse on him.

From Los Angeles Times

For the hedge knight who inspired Baelor’s intervention, the motives are more reflexive.

From Salon

He runs through the familiar GenAI hazards—hallucinations, bias, privacy concerns and the challenge of regulation—yet refuses to indulge reflexive skeptics and their “grave reservations.”

From The Wall Street Journal