trigger
Example Sentences
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Nonconsensual AI-generated images have since appeared on X, leading the company to change some of its policies and triggering scrutiny from tech watchdogs in the EU.
Stronger interactions between neighboring chains are predicted to trigger a phase transition from semiconductor to metal as chain density increases.
From Science Daily
Caspase-8 plays a central role in regulating immune responses and can trigger a process that causes a cell to self-destruct.
From Science Daily
When inflammation was triggered in the striatum, the results were unexpected.
From Science Daily
They then spent days refusing to release his body to his relatives, triggering accusations of a cover-up.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
