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catalyze

[kat-l-ahyz] / ˈkæt lˌaɪz /
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leaven
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Canada has said that its deal with China equates to less than 3% of the country’s current new-car sales and that it expects the deal to catalyze new Chinese joint-venture investments there.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

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

Targeting new investment decisions is a central part of Ottawa’s effort to catalyze an additional C$1 trillion in investment in Canada, an investment supercycle the government hopes spurs wide-ranging economic benefits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

The consolidation of regional power by Modi’s party could catalyze structural reforms, which often get bogged down in federal-state conflicts, says Madhavi Arora, chief economist at Emkay Global Financial Services in Mumbai.

From Barron's ● May 21, 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

The rapid downfall was catalyzed by key partners deciding to leave the firm and served as a warning shot for other firms that such losses can quickly snowball into an existential event.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026

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

One result of this shift in awareness has been a sixfold increase in investing by younger people since 2015, catalyzed by technology that has made the stock market more accessible.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 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

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

Artificial intelligence is catalyzing innovation and attracting millions of users.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

Vermont was not alone in experiencing the catalyzing effect of Jackson’s presidential runs.

From Salon ● Feb. 23, 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

"They might actively participate in early prebiotic chemistry, catalyzing further reactions that lead toward life."

From Science Daily ● Jan. 21, 2026

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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