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catalyze

[kat-l-ahyz] / ˈkæt lˌaɪz /
VERB
leaven
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By putting the bank’s own money to work on national security, he is doubling down on earlier attempts to catalyze societal changes, from fighting global warming to empowering Black citizens.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

Poon said that SpaceX work on the data centers will help catalyze development of the technology — and he expects his company will be able to hire SpaceX engineers seeking to work at a startup.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026

The consolidation of regional power by Modi’s party could catalyze structural reforms, which often get bogged down in federal-state conflicts, says Madhavi Arora, chief economist at Emkay Global Financial Services in Mumbai.

From Barron's ● May 21, 2026

Beyond selling cars, the hope has been that Lucid will help catalyze a local Saudi EV manufacturing sector.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026

But all of his bold resolve would have come to nothing without the vast indigenous army whose leaders believed they could use the Spanish presence to catalyze the destruction of the Triple Alliance.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

A pre-formed pure-phase NiO catalyst showed no POM activity and instead catalyzed only the complete oxidation of methane.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026

That has catalyzed Hyundai’s labor union, which includes roughly 40,000 workers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

But the silence has catalyzed non-Swiftie onlookers to gin up something decisively, inarguably odious to place at the singer’s feet.

From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026

Ali Louis Bourzgui’s somewhat unexpected yet eminently worthy triumph for his featured performance as the vampire with front-man magnetism, catalyzed the production’s thrilling virtuosity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026

His formula is that faith, hope, belief and expectation, all catalyzed by the imagination, lead inevitably to hypnosis.

From A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis by Melvin Powers

That shift provided evidence that the aluminum sites were actively catalyzing the chemical reaction.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026

Artificial intelligence is catalyzing innovation and attracting millions of users.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

Vermont was not alone in experiencing the catalyzing effect of Jackson’s presidential runs.

From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2026

So far, the financial benefits of AI are more apparent in the chip sector, catalyzing a rotation out of software stocks.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 29, 2026

The clays have a complex active surface, given to absorbing and releasing gases and to catalyzing chemical reactions.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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