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catalyze

[kat-l-ahyz] / ˈkæt lˌaɪz /
VERB
leaven
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The trouble-making potential of AI catalyzes an intriguing dramatic premise into a full-blown plot.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2025

“This transaction strengthens our financial position and catalyzes a significant resource opportunity we’ve been building in our oil and gas business for the last decade,” Occidental CEO Vicki Hollub said in a statement.

From Barron's • Oct. 2, 2025

It was reported by journalists at the Fuller Project, a global newsroom that catalyzes positive change for women.

From Slate • Jan. 12, 2024

These nanozymes mimic the activity of peroxidase, an enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of a substrate by using hydrogen peroxide as an oxidizing agent.

From Science Daily • Oct. 16, 2023

Technology’s history exemplifies what is termed an autocatalytic process: that is, one that speeds up at a rate that increases with time, because the process catalyzes itself.

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




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