catalyst
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Another long-term catalyst for Oracle, Moerdler believes, is that the company is expected to generate positive free cash flow by the second half of its next fiscal year, which ends in May 2028.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2026
Today, they have two sons who’ve been the catalyst for McCoy building a career he’s proud to show them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026
Beauden Barrett's surge downfield, hotly pursued by Matt Fagerson, was the catalyst for their second score.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
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
In addition, we know that montmorillonite clays are a potent catalyst for combining amino acids into longer chain molecules resembling proteins.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Tanaka's team addressed this problem by building on its previous work using metal catalysts to carry out chemical reactions in living systems.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026
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
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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Break It Down: Cata
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