catalysts

noun

plural of catalyst
as in fuels
something that arouses action or activity Her expulsion from the university proved to be a catalyst for needed change.

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Recent Examples of catalysts Wells says Shift4Payments has a slew of positive catalysts ahead. — Michael Bloom, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2026 The catalyst uses an atomic-scale structure that prevents nickel from dissolving during operation, a process that can cause conventional catalysts to degrade over time. — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2026 Such metals are commonly used as industrial catalysts today—and all occur in the minerals of hydrothermal vents, where a process called serpentinization converts igneous rocks from volcanism to metamorphic rocks. — Philip Ball, Scientific American, 20 Aug. 2026 These two signings alone will be one of the catalysts for a salary cap. — Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026 The key is to separate product admiration from rigorous financial analysis, focusing on market expectations, ownership, and catalysts over the consumer experience. — Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for catalysts
  1. fuels
  2. tools
  3. mechanisms
  4. triggers
  5. causes
  6. incentives
  7. vehicles
  8. reasons
Noun
  • Potential applications from sensors to solar fuels Chromophores are fundamental components in a wide range of technologies because of their interaction with light.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2026
  • This immense borrowing fuels concerns as revenue growth lags behind valuations, and financing strain is already surfacing.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of fuels
Noun
  • The recent moves have been compared to tools the Federal Reserve has used in the past to provide liquidity to debt markets and to hold rates in check.
    — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Document tools support multi-document chats, translation, presentation creation, and PDF interactions.
    — StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of tools
Noun
  • But the mechanisms that saved the oak are now slowly killing it.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026
  • The Athletic has previously detailed the mechanisms of the new rules in some depth but, to refresh, SCR is a financial rule first introduced by UEFA in June 2022, and first operated in the 2023-24 season.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of mechanisms
Noun
  • Walz also is calling for the Legislature to re-pass a ban on binary triggers, modifications for semiautomatic rifles that fire a shot when the trigger is pulled and again while released, greatly boosting the weapon’s rate of fire.
    — Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 24 Feb. 2026
Definition of triggers
Noun
  • According to health professionals, declining vaccination rates, declining immunity and slow public health monitoring systems are the main causes of the most recent increase in cases.
    — Sara Moniuszko, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The show’s original idea of a peaceful city built underground to avoid the devastating global disaster is a bit far-fetched, but the causes behind a global crisis aren’t.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of causes
Noun
  • The study adds a new wrinkle to the ongoing debate over whether these increasingly expensive corporate incentives are worth their cost to taxpayers.
    — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
  • The merger threatens to push production further abroad amid an already ongoing exodus, as well as to other states with cushy tax incentives.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of incentives
Noun
  • Today, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket is the leader in reusable space vehicles, with nearly 600 launches of boosters that have lifted off at least once before, and counting.
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Because manufacturers rarely want to engineer completely different doors for individual countries, China’s decision could reshape vehicles sold worldwide.
    — Peter Lyon, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of vehicles
Noun
  • This increase happens for two reasons — both tied to the fact that El Niño is characterized by warmer than average ocean temperatures in the equatorial tropical Pacific Ocean.
    — Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Less than a week after our Zoom conversation with Knapp, an unrelated Good Good collab went viral for all of the wrong reasons.
    — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of reasons

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“Catalysts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catalysts. Accessed 27 Aug. 2026.

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