catalyze
Americanverb (used with object)
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Origin of catalyze
First recorded in 1885–90; cataly(sis) + (-i)ze
Vocabulary lists containing catalyze
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Canada has said that its deal with China equates to less than 3% of the country’s current new-car sales and that it expects the deal to catalyze new Chinese joint-venture investments there.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
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
“This could catalyze some family conversations” as the price differential between single-line and multiline plans shrinks, said David Barden, telecom partner at New Street Research.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 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
One reason why technology tends to catalyze itself is that advances depend upon previous mastery of simpler problems.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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
“We see great market fundamentals with higher corporate margins and earnings momentum catalyzed by new technology.”
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
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
From Buenos Aires to Mexico City, pragmatic changes and fiscal credibility are catalyzing investment.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 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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