catalyst
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The first foreign head of government to attend the annual "State of the European Union" address, his visit is meant to act as a catalyst ahead of an EU-Canada summit in Montreal next month.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
I thought he was a catalyst for the team.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Spending on transmission, substations and electrical systems should benefit utilities and infrastructure companies, while rising data-center electricity demand provides an additional long-term catalyst, he reckons.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Insatiable demand for artificial-intelligence infrastructure was a key factor in the copper rally, but another catalyst is suddenly in doubt.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
It could be that this penury was the catalyst for Bobby’s often-criticized “greediness” later in his career.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
“Buying negative-beta stocks helps a long term oriented portfolio ‘ride out’ volatility events, with interest rate, geopolitical and midterm election uncertainty the catalysts for another such event as September gets underway,” the analysts said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
The next catalysts include FY 2027 guidance and a development decision on Nueva Esperanza, it says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Susquehanna analyst James Friedman raises his price target on IBM stock, citing ‘a number of upcoming quantum catalysts.’
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
The findings provide a more detailed picture of how single-atom catalysts operate during biomass conversion.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 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
Vocabulary lists containing catalyst
Break It Down: Cata
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