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- impetus
- incentive
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- agitator
- enzyme
- goad
- impulse
- incendiary
- incitation
- incitement
- reactant
- reactionary
- spur
- synergist
- radical stimulus
- spark plug
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South Africa provides 84% of the platinum group metals needed for fuel cells and automotive catalysts.
Europe relies on foreign raw materials to power its green and digital future. Now it wants to mine them at home | David Meyer | September 3, 2020 | FortuneThat time spent in Ghana and across West and sub-Saharan Africa became my catalyst for starting Tala, and I regularly encourage my team members to take on a “figure it out!”
The advice that helped this year’s 40 under 40 find their own path | kdunn6 | September 3, 2020 | FortuneFloyd’s death was the catalyst for this year’s earlier protests, and Blake’s shooting reignited the demonstrations.
Violent protests against police brutality in the ’60s and ’90s changed public opinion | German Lopez | August 28, 2020 | Vox
So, more than anything, the endorsement was a catalyst for us to actually say let’s do something, we don’t have to sit around and wait on what are we going to do, endorse or not endorse.
Log Cabin’s new project seeks to duplicate success of Grenell video | Chris Johnson | August 26, 2020 | Washington BladeBrittney Sykes is a defensive catalyst for the Sparks and dramatically improved her efficiency from two.
There’s No WNBA All-Star Game This Year, But We Picked The Rosters Anyway | Howard Megdal | August 26, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightBut the copper performs another important function: working as a catalyst in the distillation process.
When It Comes to Great Whisky, The Size of Your Still Matters | | December 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBrunch is a catalyst, brunch is the enforcer of different-rules-for-the-weekend.
Don’t Diss the Beauty of Brunch: Defending Our Favorite Meal | Tim Teeman | October 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWe are proud that our film could be a catalyst for even a small change in the ways these boys are treated in China.
China Doesn't Want You to See the Internet Addiction Film 'Web Junkie' | Shosh Shlam and Hilla Medalia | August 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOther non-design services, like Adobe Business catalyst, which hosts email fundraising campaigns and e-commerce, also went down.
Adobe’s ‘Creative Cloud’ Goes Offline—and Takes a Million Designers With It | Kyle Chayka | May 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd that question is the catalyst for all the ambiguity throughout the film.
How ‘Transcendence’ Director Wally Pfister Became Christopher Nolan’s Secret Weapon | Andrew Romano | April 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis simple act may have been the catalyst which gave Burl the solution to the problem.
The Forgotten Planet | Murray LeinsterWe may, then, compare the catalyst to what is known as "a good mixer" in society.
Creative Chemistry | Edwin E. SlossonThe tactful hostess, the salon leader, is a social catalyst.
Creative Chemistry | Edwin E. SlossonWhen hydrogen peroxide comes in contact with a catalyst, such as permanganate of potash, it breaks down into oxygen and water.
Operation: Outer Space | William Fitzgerald JenkinsThe catalyst which was necessary for the final reaction would be brought to him by Polter.
Beyond the Vanishing Point | Raymond King Cummings
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