precipitating

Example Sentences

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And the precipitating event for Trump’s change appears to have been a question-and-answer session with Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy in a Senate hearing this week.

From Slate • Mar. 5, 2026

That’s an omission bank industry groups saw as a loophole, precipitating the current fight over the Clarity Act.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

The Japanese radar will look into the clouds, to determine how much water they are carrying and how that's precipitating as rain, hail and snow.

From BBC • May 28, 2024

To be clear, my departure was not the precipitating event.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 2, 2024

A society, almost necessarily, begins every success story with the chapter that most advantages itself, and in America, these precipitating chapters are almost always rendered as the singular action of exceptional individuals.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates