catalyst

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While those experiences helped shape Hasting’s business sense, it was a late fee for a video that became the catalyst for launching Netflix, upending the way viewers consumed content and disrupting how Hollywood does business.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

So can Bellingham prove the catalyst to carry Real into a 17th Champions League semi-final and lift Alvaro Arbeloa's side in La Liga, where they are nine points behind leaders Barcelona with seven games left.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

“We expect first-quarter results to serve as our first catalyst, as we see a beat and raise coming.”

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

A U.S. declaration could serve as a catalyst for a more coherent Western approach to Antarctic governance as the Madrid Protocol review approaches.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

The catalyst for the change was the Whiskey Rebellion, a popular insurgency in four counties of western Pennsylvania protesting an excise tax on whiskey.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis