initiator
Example Sentences
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The initiator caspase switches on, but the pathway then stalls before the executioner caspases can complete the destruction of the cell.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
He was an initiator of "Inked Without Regret", a 2020 declaration seen by the court as evidence of the subversive intentions of its signatories.
From Barron's ● Feb. 23, 2026
The pardon entreaty might have been dismissed out of hand had it not been for its initiator — Luis Donaldo Colosio Riojas, son and namesake of the slain candidate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2024
Ms Rowbotham said Carriera "became integral in popularising the use of pastels and as an initiator of the Rococo style and is remembered as one of the most successful female artists of any era".
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2023
It is not hard to imagine the praise that would have been heaped on the initiator of such reforms, had it seemed that they were the result of a democratic uprising.
From Virginia Under Charles I And Cromwell, 1625-1660 by Wilcomb E. Washburn
