as in catalyst
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Noun
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One Boise developer hopes his upcoming project on the Boise Bench could be the catalyst for just that, while another is hoping to build a condo complex with 11 swimming pools across the street.—
Nick Rosenberger,
Idaho Statesman,
9 Apr. 2025 -
Should the stock begin to recover from this pullback, there's ample room for upgrades and positive revisions, which could serve as a further catalyst.—
Schaeffer's Investment Research,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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The blackout snarled traffic, forced hundreds of businesses to close and left those unable to afford generators scrambling to buy ice and candles.—
Danica Coto,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Apr. 2025
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Professional baseball and basketball games were canceled as the hum of generators and smell of smoke filled the air.—
Bradford Betz,
FOXNews.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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The driver responsible turns out to be a stage hypnotist, and the two men meet when the father volunteers for the hypnotist’s act.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
10 Apr. 2025
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The witness told investigators that Griffin swerved to cut off Francis, court documents read, at which point Francis pulled up beside the of the green Sierra and allegedly fired four to five shots into the truck through the front window on the drivers’ side.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
10 Apr. 2025
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After the Mavericks split their first two games of the trip, beating the New Orleans Pelicans on Jan. 29 and falling to the Detroit Pistons two nights later, Harrison recommended pulling the trigger.—
C. Clark, D. Aldridge, S. Amick, F. Katz,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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So, for instance, there are triggers for Outlook, Sharepoint and Dataverse.—
Jason Andersen,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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This tool could change how NC police test for DWIs April 4, 2025 3:38 PM Read Next North Carolina Could NC residents get a $5,000 DOGE stimulus check in 2025?—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Apr. 2025
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Most taxpayers eligible for economic impact payments, known as stimulus checks, have already received them.—
Shahar Ziv,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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The Sportatorium, owned by the Stephen A. Calder estate whose executor is Hort Soper, closed when the Miami Arena came on the scene.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
3 Apr. 2025
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The digital replication right does not expire at a person’s death, and can be transferred and licensed by heirs, executors and others.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Everybody else has no choice, really, other than to bring a cruel, narcissistic far-right leader to power.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2025
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Because a bat has a thick barrel and rotates when swung, its motion and power depend on the distribution of weight across the entire shaft, not just in one spot.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2025
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Additionally, there was the buyout and retirement incentives of another 3,000 employees.—
Mike Dombeck,
Denver Post,
13 Apr. 2025
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Therefore, there should be incentive for everyone to work collectively to get rid of STDs and give any efforts to do so more than a slow clap, so to speak.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
12 Apr. 2025
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“Activator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/activator. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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