trigger

Example Sentences

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The bid also reportedly includes backing from three Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds, structured specifically to avoid them taking board seats that might trigger additional regulatory scrutiny.

From Barron's

The name seemed to trigger a reaction in the tackler.

From Literature

A new Immigration Department should trigger similar changes—ideally, new committees in the House and Senate with jurisdiction over all activities of the new department and nothing else.

From The Wall Street Journal

I’m really excited to not trigger people like that.

From Los Angeles Times

As this molten rock pushed upward, it fractured surrounding rock layers, triggering thousands of earthquakes and tremors.

From Science Daily