negative catalyst
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of negative catalyst
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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Ahmed keeps a buy rating on the stock, but opens a negative catalyst watch on the stock ahead of logistics operator DSV’s capital markets day in May.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
The negative catalyst was a blog post from Anthropic, which highlighted a new Claude Code feature that automates the modernization of common business-oriented language, a programming language used for data processing.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 24, 2026
January also saw a negative catalyst from the debut of an experimental Google AI product called Project Genie, which can generate three-dimensional virtual worlds and place controllable characters in them.
From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026
J.P.Morgan has placed the Danish shipping company on negative catalyst watch ahead of results on Feb. 5.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026
A steady state with no negative catalyst will actually lead to more activity," said Jimmy Elliott, JPMorgan's global head of M&A. "
From Reuters • Sep. 23, 2010
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