catalyst
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A decisive breakdown would be a bearish catalyst supporting a deeper correction in the months ahead, targeting long-term trendline support near $264.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
AI advances provided the catalyst that ignited Palantir’s stock.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026
Marl-Brock had been telling others and that was "the catalyst" for what happened later.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
The jobs report for March could also be a macroeconomic catalyst that leads investors to trade Bitcoin due to a lack of anything else.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
Perhaps there is some special inorganic, nonliving catalyst in the soil that is able to fix atmospheric gases and convert them into organic molecules.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Vocabulary lists containing catalyst
Break It Down: Cata
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This Week in Words: March 3 – 9, 2018
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Chemistry - Introductory
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