as in tool
something that arouses action or activity
The workshop proved a catalyzer for a career change.
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for catalyzer
Noun
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An assignment in my class asked students to engage one of the new A.I. tools in a conversation about the history of attention.—
D. Graham Burnett,
New Yorker,
26 Apr. 2025 -
The supplements are a crucial tool for averting malnutrition.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
26 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The Trump administration, though, has recently objected to ICAO's move to boost sustainable aviation fuel.—
Valerie Volcovici and Timothy Gardner,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2025
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The low-cost shipping had helped fuel bargain shopping online at firms like Temu and Shein.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
25 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Jordan, the track’s head starter, grabs a button in his right hand, the same sort of innocuous mechanism a Jeopardy contestant might use to buzz in.—
Dana O'Neil,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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This is the first time, the mission team says, that this specific mechanism of zipping through space has been used on a probe beyond lunar orbit.—
Monisha Ravisetti,
Space.com,
1 May 2025
Noun
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But car buyers in 2021 were enjoying low interest rates and federal stimulus checks.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
1 May 2025
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Beijing has ramped up economic support since late September, but measures so far have not cumulated in the large-scale stimulus that many investors have hoped for.—
Evelyn Cheng,Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
28 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In Terrassa, an industrial town about 50 kilometers (30 miles) from Barcelona, stores ran out of generators for the public, per the AP.—
Mohammed Soliman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Apr. 2025
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In Terrassa, an industrial town 50 kilometers (30 miles) from Barcelona, stores selling generators were out of stock.—
Barry Hatton,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The struggling Minnesota Twins were looking for some sort of a spark last week, after opening the season slowly.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Apr. 2025
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The Toronto Blue Jays’ catcher has walked to the plate 27 times this season with a runner in scoring position, constantly a swing away from igniting an offense that badly needs a spark.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2025
Noun
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An ex-con will serve 17 years behind bars for serving as the driver in a beloved Brooklyn chef’s drive-by shooting murder — but the men who pulled the trigger remain on the loose almost seven years after the killing.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
23 Apr. 2025
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No one wants to launch anywhere near that atomic bomb, but at this point, with fall just over four months away, some games are just starting to pull the trigger.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
Noun
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An Ohio sheriff's deputy working on a traffic detail near the University of Cincinnati was struck and killed Friday by a vehicle driven by the father of a teenager who was shot and killed by authorities a day earlier, police said.—
Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
3 May 2025
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Ford did see sales dips in its all-electric vehicles.—
Jamie L. LaReau,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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“Catalyzer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catalyzer. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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