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something that arouses action or activity
Her expulsion from the university proved to be a catalyst for needed change.
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Recent Examples of catalyst
Meanwhile, others bring up that Saquon Barkley's historic season was a major catalyst in the Eagles capturing a title last year.
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Kevin McCormick, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 July 2025
The controversy comes in the shadow of Israel’s war in Gaza, which people who signed the letter told CNN is the catalyst for a lot of Islamophobic rhetoric.
—Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 25 July 2025
Reuters reported that Walmart officials declined to comment on whether the super agents would be a catalyst for job loss in the future.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 24 July 2025
Charlie's sudden, grotesque exit becomes the catalyst for the rest of the film, dragging her family down a relentless tailspin of grief (and ancestral demons).
—James Mercadante, EW.com, 23 July 2025
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Kevin McCormick, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 July 2025
The controversy comes in the shadow of Israel’s war in Gaza, which people who signed the letter told CNN is the catalyst for a lot of Islamophobic rhetoric.
—Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 25 July 2025
Reuters reported that Walmart officials declined to comment on whether the super agents would be a catalyst for job loss in the future.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 24 July 2025
Charlie's sudden, grotesque exit becomes the catalyst for the rest of the film, dragging her family down a relentless tailspin of grief (and ancestral demons).
—James Mercadante, EW.com, 23 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for catalyst
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To put it into perspective, the two 2020 and one 2021 stimulus checks issued to Americans from the stimulus package totaled around $931 billion in financial relief via the stimulus checks, according to reports from the Government Accountability Office in 2022.—
Joyce Orlando,
Nashville Tennessean,
25 July 2025
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The big story China’s economy requires more than short-term stimulus, even as deflationary pressures intensify.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
23 July 2025
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The program offers a $10,000 grant to one promising entrepreneur, providing both capital and a spotlight to help fuel business growth and visibility.—
Alejandra Rojas,
Forbes.com,
30 July 2025
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The government raised the price of diesel by more than 33% this month in a bid to remove fuel subsidies in the country, one of Africa’s top oil producers.—
Semafor Staff,
semafor.com,
30 July 2025
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Rather than selling ads or data, the platform will generate revenue by offering tools that facilitate connection.—
Luciana Paulise,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
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Fifty young people from Atlanta were trained in AI tools and use cases.—
John Hope Bryant,
Time,
31 July 2025
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That’s why staying laser-focused on macro triggers and reacting quickly to breakouts remains critical.—
Billy Bambrough,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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The controllers feature excellent haptic feedback, adaptive triggers and finger touch detection.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
25 July 2025
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But such tools address symptoms rather than root causes, said Andrew Rumbach, a senior researcher at the Urban Institute who studies disaster risk and resilience.—
Bayliss Wagner,
Austin American Statesman,
1 Aug. 2025
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The Cameron Boyce Foundation, of which Ortega is an advisory board member, now raises awareness and funding for epilepsy research in the hopes of one day finding a cure, while also supporting special causes about which Boyce was passionate.—
Andy Swift,
TVLine,
1 Aug. 2025
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In a 1998 essay for The New Yorker, the author Arthur Miller described urbanites’ Depression-era coping mechanisms: People caught the breeze on open-air trolleys, climbed onto the back of ice trucks, and flocked to the beach.—
Yasmin Tayag,
The Atlantic,
26 July 2025
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Replace people with mechanisms to drive labor costs down and profits up.—
Erik Sherman,
Forbes.com,
26 July 2025
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Elijah Craig first discovered that there were two towns in its home state of Kentucky named Happy and Gilmore, and that became the impetus for this special gifting.—
Jeanette Hurt,
Forbes.com,
30 July 2025
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The Cannonball Run’s legend was the impetus for the 1981 action-comedy film of the same name and starring Burt Reynolds.—
James Raia,
Mercury News,
27 July 2025
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One of them might spot something at the market and the other builds from that spark.—
Keyla Vasconcellos,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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Luckily, Neeson and Anderson have enough spark to carry the film, not to mention great chemistry.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
30 July 2025
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“Catalyst.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catalyst. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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