galvanize
Example Sentences
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"We hope that this study will galvanize efforts to have yeast on board in future space explorations."
From Science Daily • Feb. 8, 2026
César Caballero, director of the Colombian pollster Cifras y Conceptos, said Petro sees an opportunity to galvanize support ahead of next May’s presidential elections.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 2025
“This is going to galvanize us,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2025
The Stonewall uprising helped galvanize the gay rights movement.
From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2024
“Kudirat’s death will not be in vain, it will only galvanize the democratic movement in a way that even her life did not! I just wrote an article about this issue online in Nigerian Village.”
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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