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catalyze

[kat-l-ahyz] / ˈkæt lˌaɪz /
VERB
leaven
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Patriotism as enacted by the creative community takes the American experiment seriously enough to question, examine, remember what we’ve forgotten and catalyze collective American dreaming.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

“This could catalyze some family conversations” as the price differential between single-line and multiline plans shrinks, said David Barden, telecom partner at New Street Research.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

A 2023 study found that re-entries account for most of the aluminum, lithium and copper—elements that can catalyze chemical reactions—being added to the atmosphere.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

The best news is that shares are still cheap, so solid earnings reports could catalyze more gains.

From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026

One reason why technology tends to catalyze itself is that advances depend upon previous mastery of simpler problems.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

A pre-formed pure-phase NiO catalyst showed no POM activity and instead catalyzed only the complete oxidation of methane.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026

That has catalyzed Hyundai’s labor union, which includes roughly 40,000 workers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

Recognizing that the more our lives are mediated with digital tools the harder it becomes to live without them has catalyzed less explicitly political pushes for offline attention as well.

From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026

Lindstrom’s work aimed to inspire empathy and humanize those suffering in the margins of society, but it also catalyzed policy change.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 2026

His formula is that faith, hope, belief and expectation, all catalyzed by the imagination, lead inevitably to hypnosis.

From A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis by Melvin Powers

That shift provided evidence that the aluminum sites were actively catalyzing the chemical reaction.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026

Artificial intelligence is catalyzing innovation and attracting millions of users.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

So far, the financial benefits of AI are more apparent in the chip sector, catalyzing a rotation out of software stocks.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 29, 2026

From Buenos Aires to Mexico City, pragmatic changes and fiscal credibility are catalyzing investment.

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2025

I stopped eating in the house, even on the weekends, because without Clara’s catalyzing presence there was no reason why I should put up with my children’s bickering.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende


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