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catalyst

[kat-l-ist] / ˈkæt l ɪst /


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“A successful AI agent launch, likely later this year, could be a catalyst for the shares,” he adds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

The usual catalyst for the pullbacks that the RBC report highlights is an outright decline in corporate profits.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

BBC Sport has been on a journey across Europe to find out more about the mysterious figure who was the catalyst for so much controversy.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

When I was the head baker at my local homeless shelter, I baked it hundreds of times and saw how one slice, served on a paper plate, could become a catalyst for dialogue.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 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

“Calm is the highlight, but resilience is even more important because there are so many potential catalysts to drive markets lower,” he noted.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026

"Dynamic reconstruction enables low-loading catalysts to achieve high performance, offering new opportunities for the rational design of efficient catalysts while reducing reliance on high metal loadings."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026

Axiata’s holding-company losses are expected to remain volatile, but longer-term earnings recovery and balance-sheet repair could provide re-rating catalysts, he 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

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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