as in to activate
to cause to function
mold triggers my allergies
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1
as in stimulus
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as in alarm
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Recent Examples of trigger
Jason Barnard, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2025
Longer-term investors should use the ten-month moving average and be very slow on the sell trigger in case of false breakdowns.
—Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2025
Maya Silver, Outside, 21 Oct. 2025
The man triggered the Man Overboard sensors, the memo said.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , Adriana James-Rodil, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2025
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Verb
The point is to have a tangible trigger that puts you in the right mindset to be the personality that is most appropriate for the situation.
—Jason Barnard, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2025
Longer-term investors should use the ten-month moving average and be very slow on the sell trigger in case of false breakdowns.
—Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
For some, eclipses can be quite emotional, triggering unexpected feelings.
—Maya Silver, Outside, 21 Oct. 2025
The man triggered the Man Overboard sensors, the memo said.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , Adriana James-Rodil, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trigger
Verb
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Khalil Mack and Denzel Perryman were activated, with Denzel starting and making the first tackle.—
Ryan Finley,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Oct. 2025
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Ensure your vehicle is visible to others by using low-beam headlights, which automatically activate your taillights.—
Bay Area Weather Report,
Mercury News,
19 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Chinese shares had recently rallied to a multi-year high on expectations of government stimulus and a recent inflow of foreign capital into Chinese equities.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
13 Oct. 2025
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Soon after her election, the yen hit a new low amid expectations of major fiscal stimulus.—
Hanako Montgomery,
CNN Money,
11 Oct. 2025
Noun
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As the notice explains, the alarm was raised after 40 environmental samples collected at the company’s processing facility tested positive for Salmonella, including seven different strains known to cause human illness.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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Although the museum’s alarm system activated the moment the window was breached and police responded within three minutes, the thieves disappeared before authorities arrived.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Delaware’s 1913 gamble helped spark a century of American dynamism.—
Jan Hammer,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2025
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The announcement of the ROG Xbox Allys and Xbox’s partnership with Asus also sparked some confusion over whether Xbox was out of the in-house-made console game.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Instead, the plan is for NASA astronauts to help establish a permanent lunar settlement that would be a catalyst in making future human missions from the moon to Mars possible.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
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The analyst cited Nextracker's upcoming analyst day, its first since going public, as a catalyst that could provide more clarity for the company.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
21 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The politically motivated preemption of the late-night program following host Jimmy Kimmel's brief remarks regarding the killing of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk drove a massive wave of Disney+ subscription cancellations, a new report from the research firm Antenna shows, per The New York Times.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
21 Oct. 2025
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Fortune reports on air traffic controllers who are driving for Uber and DoorDash to make ends meet.—
Nicholas Gordon,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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And if Klopp felt the benefits of turning throw-ins into choreographed events, complete with long build-ups, would be outweighed in Liverpool’s case by a loss of attacking impetus, is there not something to be said for that?—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Yet the attack would provide the impetus for the peace pact.—
Karl Vick,
Time,
11 Oct. 2025
Noun
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These are fed through a hopper into the reactor vessel to produce a self-regulating fission reaction and are cooled by helium gas that carries off the heat to a heat exchanger to generate steam for electrical generators.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
20 Oct. 2025
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This forces the liquid through a bidirectional turbine that drives a generator.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Trigger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trigger. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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