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catalyst

Definition for catalyst

noun as in something which incites activity

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“Any indication of more capacity/improved chip efficiency could be a catalyst,” he wrote.

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“It looks like $80k is the next major support level to watch with a break below providing a potential catalyst for further weakness,” Scholar said.

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Art is a mysterious experience, with an object or event as its catalyst.

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"Participation in the nationalist movement was not only a catalyst for the political awakening of Indian women," Ms Bhatnagar says.

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“We don’t view valuation alone as a catalyst,” he wrote, while noting that stocks with both compelling valuations and ”favorable” trends in fundamentals offer promising risk/reward balances.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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