precipitant
Example Sentences
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In fact, in people with less-than-healthy hearts, mental stress trumps physical stress as a potential precipitant of fatal and nonfatal heart attacks and other cardiovascular events, according to the latest report.
From New York Times • Jan. 3, 2022
For men, T.G.A. is more likely to occur following a physical trigger; for women, it is more often associated with an emotional precipitant or a history of anxiety.
From New York Times • Sep. 16, 2019
Whatever the precipitant, however, there is a widespread belief that crying is cathartic.
From The Guardian • Apr. 13, 2013
The exact precipitant for the two deaths may never be determined, but, particularly in Schweich's case, the extenuating circumstances appeared to have been known by many.
From Los Angeles Times
The precipitant was Hamilton’s Report on the Public Credit, forwarded to Congress in January of 1790.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
