react
verb (used without object)
to act in response to an agent or influence.
has been reacting
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present perfect progressiveof react (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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The nightclub industry has been reacting to the UK government's guidance that venues in England should ask for the NHS Covid pass or a negative test result when they reopen on 19 July.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2021
The founder and former CEO and spokesman for his eponymous pizza chain has been reacting to pictures and videos of not-so-great-looking food from Papa John's and elsewhere on his popular TikTok account.
From Fox News ● Jan. 19, 2021
In the past two weeks, while the country has been reacting to the separation of immigrant children from their families, Haley celebrated her son receiving his driver’s license, and went to yet another friend’s wedding.
From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2018
The staff has been reacting to whatever complaints happen to come in the mail, mostly from businessmen against competitors, rather than doing legwork.
From Time Magazine Archive
The boy who has been reacting to ugliness must be lured away by the substitution of beauty.
From The Reconstructed School by Francis B. Pearson
