triggered
Example Sentences
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These are securities that pay a relatively high yield to investors, but take principal losses when triggered by certain events or insurance loss levels.
A flow of money into stocks and more equities participating in the bull market have triggered a sell signal that historically has led to big pullbacks, according to a new Bank of America report.
A video of the incident, which took place in a village in the country's north, triggered fierce backlash as it circulated on social media this week.
From BBC
A Metropolitan Police bomb disposal robot destroyed a box of Labour MPs' unsent Christmas cards that had triggered a lockdown around Parliament.
From BBC
After that figure triggered an outcry, Bass changed course, persuading him to work for free.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
