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responding

noun as in returning

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Two Indonesian airlines, Garuda and Lion Air, have seen Fernandes eat their lunch and are only now responding.

They waved down a pair of responding cops who followed the alleged cop killer into the subway.

She is incapable of responding to kindness and enquiry, even very gentle flirting on the part of a co-worker.

Officers were responding to a report of a missing juvenile girl, and found her in the house of Carey Smith-Viramontes.

They structured themselves not in vertical hierarchies but in networks, each member responding to conditions on the ground.

"I owe you my life," murmured Frederick, responding to the ardent embrace of his preceptor.

Bristow, responding warmly to the other's voice and mood, leaned forward and grasped his hand.

But I could never convince myself that it was anything more than sex in me responding to the passion that so deeply moved him.

It was a severe blow, but the Serapis was not slow in responding.

It must have been carried a good mile to windward over the calm sea, but no responding cry came down to our anxious ears.

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On this page you'll find 8 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to responding, such as: answering, recompensing, replying, restoring, bringing back, and giving back.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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