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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Poon said that SpaceX work on the data centers will help catalyze development of the technology — and he expects his company will be able to hire SpaceX engineers seeking to work at a startup.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
It would be a career-defining assignment and, if done right, would catalyze an economic renaissance bringing capital back to a country that has been a financial pariah for nearly a decade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
The consolidation of regional power by Modi’s party could catalyze structural reforms, which often get bogged down in federal-state conflicts, says Madhavi Arora, chief economist at Emkay Global Financial Services in Mumbai.
From Barron's ● May 21, 2026
Beyond selling cars, the hope has been that Lucid will help catalyze a local Saudi EV manufacturing sector.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 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
That has catalyzed Hyundai’s labor union, which includes roughly 40,000 workers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Recognizing that the more our lives are mediated with digital tools the harder it becomes to live without them has catalyzed less explicitly political pushes for offline attention as well.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
Ali Louis Bourzgui’s somewhat unexpected yet eminently worthy triumph for his featured performance as the vampire with front-man magnetism, catalyzed the production’s thrilling virtuosity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 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
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
They are involved, for example, in catalyzing chemical reactions, transferring of electrons, sensing changing environmental conditions and synthesizing other complex metal cofactors.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 3, 2024
The clays have a complex active surface, given to absorbing and releasing gases and to catalyzing chemical reactions.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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