catalyze
Americanverb (used with object)
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Etymology
Origin of catalyze
First recorded in 1885–90; cataly(sis) + (-i)ze
Vocabulary lists containing catalyze
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Patriotism as enacted by the creative community takes the American experiment seriously enough to question, examine, remember what we’ve forgotten and catalyze collective American dreaming.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
By putting the bank’s own money to work on national security, he is doubling down on earlier attempts to catalyze societal changes, from fighting global warming to empowering Black citizens.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
It has been running scenario-planning exercises like this in cities around the world to catalyze proactive strategies for confronting an AI-driven future.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
The best news is that shares are still cheap, so solid earnings reports could catalyze more gains.
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026
But all of his bold resolve would have come to nothing without the vast indigenous army whose leaders believed they could use the Spanish presence to catalyze the destruction of the Triple Alliance.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
A pre-formed pure-phase NiO catalyst showed no POM activity and instead catalyzed only the complete oxidation of methane.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026
But the silence has catalyzed non-Swiftie onlookers to gin up something decisively, inarguably odious to place at the singer’s feet.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026
Since 2021, Michigan Economic Development Corp.’s entrepreneurship and innovation investments catalyzed more than 15,800 jobs and more than 1,400 high-tech companies, with every $1 in state investment leveraging $85 from other sources.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
The documentary will chronicle Keys’ childhood in Hell’s Kitchen, and explore how her neighborhood catalyzed her career and the musical.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026
His formula is that faith, hope, belief and expectation, all catalyzed by the imagination, lead inevitably to hypnosis.
From A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis by Melvin Powers
That shift provided evidence that the aluminum sites were actively catalyzing the chemical reaction.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026
Artificial intelligence is catalyzing innovation and attracting millions of users.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
So far, the financial benefits of AI are more apparent in the chip sector, catalyzing a rotation out of software stocks.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 29, 2026
The deal will give Compass a lot of leverage, and could have downstream effects in terms of catalyzing additional consolidation as other brokerages aim to grow their share inorganically.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2025
I stopped eating in the house, even on the weekends, because without Clara’s catalyzing presence there was no reason why I should put up with my children’s bickering.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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