catalyst
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Lastly, Apple’s deal with Google Gemini could fuel its artificial-intelligence innovation, with its Worldwide Developers Conference this summer potentially serving as a catalyst on that front.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
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
Nvidia’s stock has struggled to find a recent catalyst, but Meyers pinned that on its roadmap being “so well-known, there’s very little to surprise us.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 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
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
Vocabulary lists containing catalyst
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