precipitate
Example Sentences
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That’s an omission bank industry groups saw as a loophole, precipitating the current fight over the Clarity Act.
I don’t know if it’s the trad-wife movement online or what has precipitated this, but my generation was very much splitting the bill.
From Los Angeles Times
The fall of Ben Ali precipitated the resignation of Hosni Mubarak of Egypt.
From BBC
So-called activist short sellers showed a way to profit from stock selloffs they precipitated with the public release of bombshell reports, as in the case of Nikola.
Aluminum's strength depends heavily on its microstructure, particularly the size and density of tiny internal features called "precipitates."
From Science Daily
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