Third-person singular simple present indicative form of respond.(verb)
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Use "responds" in a sentence
"Richard Epstein responds to this Paul Krugman column criticizing Republican positions on the estate tax, unemployment benefits, and health care reform."
"Update Sarah Palin responds with a pair of tweets."
"One of the critics that Baldovin responds to as a part of his book is Dr. Alcuin Reid, the London-based liturgical scholar and author of The Organic Development of the Liturgy."