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catalyst

[kat-l-ist] / ˈkæt l ɪst /


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Ng views the expected rate increase as an earnings boost rather than a catalyst for a broad sector rerating.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

When palladacycles are introduced directly into cells, substances such as glutathione rapidly deactivate their central palladium catalyst.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026

The artificial-intelligence financing boom has begun to challenge war, hopes for a Middle East peace deal and the midterm elections as the year’s biggest catalyst for the bond market.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026

"It's a European movement but France served as the catalyst," said Sylvain Boulouque, a historian of social movements.

From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026

The catalyst for the change was the Whiskey Rebellion, a popular insurgency in four counties of western Pennsylvania protesting an excise tax on whiskey.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

Here’s what’s I’m watching this morning: A week chockablock with enough catalysts that we might finally get some answers about the direction of the market by the end of it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

Moderna and Revolution Medicines have upcoming catalysts that could help sustain their gains, even as biotech stocks retreat.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

Fans of “The Good Wife” or “The Good Fight” are familiar with how the Kings turned emerging tech issues — particularly ones involving Google, Amazon or Facebook — into narrative catalysts for cases.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

The findings, published in Nature Communications, could help scientists develop more effective catalysts for transforming CO2 into useful products such as methanol.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

Hearing about Rosa Parks and her protest showed me that there is hope for me and all the students in Ms. G’s classes to truly be catalysts for change.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers


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