activators

noun

plural of activator
as in catalysts

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  1. catalysts
  2. generators
  3. drivers
  4. stimuli
  5. incentives
  6. executors
  7. triggers
  8. agencies
Noun
  • A lot of the products that are in the market today and already approved will be the catalysts for growth for the balance of this decade.
    — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026
  • It is expected to be one of the first major catalysts for Panther Island.
    — Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of catalysts
Noun
  • Westlake coach Rick Clausen said his team’s game at Ventura High remains on because the school has generators if power is cut off.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Data centers and trading floors run backup generators and failover sites because their businesses can’t stop when the power does.
    — Ciaran Cosgrave, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of generators
Noun
  • Standing up for carriage drivers cannot mean chaining their futures to a dying trade that risks lives every time a horse panics in traffic.
    — Al Sharpton, New York Daily News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • As often happens, weather played its part, suppressing the crowd size and making life complicated for the teams and drivers on track.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of drivers
Noun
  • Visual stimuli produced more activity in the superficial layers of the superior colliculus.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Researchers have studied how certain facial and auricular stimuli interact with parasympathetic activity.
    — Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of stimuli
Noun
  • Commercial incentives persist Koh said shipping companies around the world have continued looking for opportunities to navigate the Strait since the conflict erupted, with some operators prepared to accept higher risks and costs.
    — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
  • These changes would reduce costs, free up management bandwidth and improve IPO formation incentives.
    — Jeff Jacobs, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of incentives
Noun
  • No charges have been filed against the co-executors, Epstein's longtime lawyer Darren Indyke and accountant Richard Kahn.
    — Dan Mangan,Jim Forkin, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2026
  • While executors have time to complete estate administration, 10 years stretches beyond reasonable expectations.
    — Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of executors
Noun
  • Walz also is calling for the Legislature to re-pass a ban on binary triggers, modifications for semiautomatic rifles that fire a shot when the trigger is pulled and again while released, greatly boosting the weapon’s rate of fire.
    — Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 24 Feb. 2026
Definition of triggers
Noun
  • Both agencies have seen a notable decline in Republican support.
    — Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 15 Oct. 2026
  • While international observers initially blamed Moscow for the blasts, investigators later found suggestions that Ukrainian state security agencies may have been involved — even though Ukraine counts Germany as one of its closest allies.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of agencies
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