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respond

[ri-spond] / rɪˈspɒnd /


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Because these stellar streams respond to gravity, they can act as tracers of dark matter that cannot be seen directly.

From Science Daily Sep. 23, 2026

Winograd waited more than an hour for officers with the Berkeley Police Department to respond to her call for help.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 23, 2026

The FBI did not respond to multiple requests for comment from the BBC.

From BBC Sep. 23, 2026

Competitive markets require consumers who can judge quality and suppliers that can respond to demand.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 23, 2026

Jack started to respond, but before he could, the wolf leapt forward, sending them all airborne.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

Unlike Alice, Bryan is the audience stand-in: the average guy who responds to a mind-boggling, impossible situation as clumsily as you or I might.

From Salon Sep. 23, 2026

"If you can get out before 11am-ish then there's a part of the brain, just behind the eyes, that responds to light," says Jo Baker, a psychotherapist and student sleep and mental health expert.

From BBC Sep. 22, 2026

Mindful of the need to keep the public informed without causing unnecessary alarm, YVO responds cautiously.

From Science Daily Sep. 22, 2026

When money growth is above 4%, the investment research firm found, bitcoin responds positively.

From MarketWatch Sep. 17, 2026

These days he only gets in touch when he feels like it, and only responds when he has to.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

In his speech, Pezeshkian responded directly to the U.S. president.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 23, 2026

His book is filled with detailed accounts of patients who responded in different ways to their diagnosis.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 23, 2026

Critics and audiences responded in turn, taking an immediate shine to Bryan’s doofiness and contrasting it with Alice’s purposeful, goal-oriented approach to a zombie apocalypse.

From Salon Sep. 23, 2026

The BBC later asked Witkoff how the meeting had gone as he was leaving the UN building and he responded with a thumbs up.

From BBC Sep. 22, 2026

Rader and Bobby exchanged a flicker of a glance, and the lawyer responded: “That is a possibility.”

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

At around 1:30 in the morning, about four hours after the responding officer left, her building security found the man sleeping inside the apartment complex, she said.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 23, 2026

Snarky fisking — responding to an article line-by-line — gave way to the quiz boom, which was consumed by the personal essay before the long decade of short-form video.

From Salon Sep. 23, 2026

Traders are responding to the Bank of Japan rate hike last week that turned out less hawkish than expected, while expectations for further U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 22, 2026

His group’s latest survey found 95% of responding U.S. companies considered China at least somewhat important to their global competitiveness.

From MarketWatch Sep. 21, 2026

There is no point in responding or trying to be reasonable.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed




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