catalysts

noun

plural of catalyst
as in fuels
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 catalysts These two signings alone will be one of the catalysts for a salary cap. — Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026 The key is to separate product admiration from rigorous financial analysis, focusing on market expectations, ownership, and catalysts over the consumer experience. — Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026 Nance pointed to other positive catalysts including better visibility with customer acquisition costs and improved subscriptions for the company’s AI-powered marketing platform, Toast IQ Grow. — Michael Bloom, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2026 These include platinum-group metals found in spent automotive catalysts and potentially critical elements present in mine tailings and other complex waste streams. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 14 Aug. 2026 In fact, the arrest of Hoffa and the closure of the Studebaker car plant were major catalysts for the passage of ERISA. — Sheila Weinberg, Baltimore Sun, 9 Aug. 2026 Those who are dissatisfied with the way things are are catalysts in the making of a better world. — Adrienne Lafrance, The Atlantic, 2 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for catalysts
  1. fuels
  2. tools
  3. mechanisms
  4. triggers
  5. causes
  6. incentives
  7. vehicles
  8. reasons
Noun
  • Potential applications from sensors to solar fuels Chromophores are fundamental components in a wide range of technologies because of their interaction with light.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2026
  • This immense borrowing fuels concerns as revenue growth lags behind valuations, and financing strain is already surfacing.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
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  • Organizations have a narrow window to turn these same tools toward defense before that gap closes.
    — Ashish Bhatia, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • That’s in line with modern baseball trends, with MLB front offices employing more sophisticated evaluation tools to monitor their ascending arms.
    — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of tools
Noun
  • Humor is also one of the best, least self-destructive coping mechanisms for pain and depression…not to get too serious.
    — Lisa Hanawalt, The New York Review of Books, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Those costs are being passed through in part via emergency surcharges and fuel recovery mechanisms.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of mechanisms
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
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  • According to health professionals, declining vaccination rates, declining immunity and slow public health monitoring systems are the main causes of the most recent increase in cases.
    — Sara Moniuszko, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The show’s original idea of a peaceful city built underground to avoid the devastating global disaster is a bit far-fetched, but the causes behind a global crisis aren’t.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of causes
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  • The study adds a new wrinkle to the ongoing debate over whether these increasingly expensive corporate incentives are worth their cost to taxpayers.
    — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
  • The merger threatens to push production further abroad amid an already ongoing exodus, as well as to other states with cushy tax incentives.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of incentives
Noun
  • Today, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket is the leader in reusable space vehicles, with nearly 600 launches of boosters that have lifted off at least once before, and counting.
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Because manufacturers rarely want to engineer completely different doors for individual countries, China’s decision could reshape vehicles sold worldwide.
    — Peter Lyon, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of vehicles
Noun
  • Chelsea need to be active sellers, and not simply for financial reasons.
    — Liam Twomey, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Only medical reasons can be used in justifying concurrent surrogacy, and a qualified physician must attest to them in writing.
    — Arthur L. Caplan, STAT, 18 Aug. 2026
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