How to Use catalyze in a Sentence

catalyze

verb

• Once the investment is made, that transition quickly catalyzes to serving on the board.
  — Jackie Grant, Harvard Business Review, 19 Sep. 2024
• For a time, the downward shift in airfare that Wow catalyzed was joyous—for passengers, at least.
  — Sam Blum, Popular Mechanics, 29 Mar. 2019
• All this and more catalyzed the primary challenge that ended up convincing enough of her constituents to give her the boot.
  — The Editors, National Review, 8 Aug. 2024
• Yet the success catalyzed his already lofty ambitions, while the near-death experience left him traumatized.
  — Cory Richards, National Geographic, 5 Apr. 2019
• This record tab subsequently catalyzed opposition around the globe in communities where city officials submit their own bids to host the event.
  — Eva Kassens-Noor, The Conversation, 25 June 2019
• April of 1968, in particular, would catalyze a pivotal year that still reverberates today.
  — Eric Ginsburg, Teen Vogue, 19 Apr. 2019
• To move between the high passes and among the glacial lakes and verdant glades of the Sierra is to be dumbstruck by the same landscape that catalyzed U.S. conservation.
  — Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 9 Sep. 2024
• Dodge's death may open the book, but disinformation catalyzes it: a massive hoax that makes the world believe a nuclear detonation has wiped out the small town of Moab, Utah.
  — Peter Rubin, WIRED, 4 June 2019
• The near-miss catalyzed the state to pay closer attention to the dams.
  — Sabrina Shankman, BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2023
• The two killings spurred protests and helped catalyze the Black Lives Matter movement.
  — Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2019
• The workplace is one of the most opportune spaces in which to catalyze this change.
  — Garen Staglin, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2021
• The moment proved catalyzing for De Jong, who sold her first work that same year.
  — News Desk, Artforum, 1 July 2024
• In many ways, the merger catalyzed Forward Air’s downhill slump over the past year.
  — Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 20 June 2024
• Glenelg was quick to respond catalyzed by its press and Chen’s offense.
  — Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 7 Feb. 2024
• And that is through having been moved, having been catalyzed to do good, in a moment.
  — Maggie Paxson, Time, 19 Sep. 2019
• But the thing that finally catalyzed the closing of his business was burnout.
  — Eliza Milio, TIME, 16 Apr. 2024
• Will Cranston and Paul’s on-screen chemistry catalyze a brand that can thrive in this celebrity universe?
  — Louis Biscotti, Forbes, 6 July 2021
• What sort of crisis might catalyze progress in Congress?
  — Dallas News, 18 July 2022
• All these moving and shining parts could both harvest and catalyze the energy of the people in the streets.
  — Thomas De Monchaux, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2022
• And a global crisis like this one could be a perfect moment to catalyze it.
  — Christopher Keyes, Outside Online, 4 May 2020
• Not far from Peartree Lane, a slow-moving slide continues to shift land in the Portuguese Bend area, first catalyzed in 1946.
  — Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2023
• The winter catalyzes the group's acceptance of their new normal.
  — Keith Nelson, Men's Health, 24 Mar. 2023
• That’s been catalyzed by the new class of more effective weight loss drugs that have been recently approved, with more on the way.
  — Alice Park, Time, 30 June 2023
• His comments helped to catalyze a fresh scramble higher for the market.
  — New York Times, 31 Aug. 2021
• There’s no doubt the internet has catalyzed the frenzy around Dunn’s pottery.
  — Courtney Vinopal, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2023
• The pandemic could even help to catalyze new ways of doing business.
  — Hanna Ziady, CNN, 4 July 2020
• The growth of these marketplaces has been catalyzed in no small part by bankruptcies in the crypto sector.
  — WIRED, 30 Mar. 2023
• But claims about bone broth healing chronic joint pain and catalyzing weight loss tend to be a bit far-fetched, experts say.
  — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 3 Aug. 2023
• And the presence of the stadium alone was not enough to catalyze development.
  — Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2022
• Your perspective is ripening, and this can catalyze some shifts that make your world bigger.
  — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 May 2024

Last Updated: 20 Nov 2024