as in tool
something that arouses action or activity
The workshop proved a catalyzer for a career change.
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Crashes, luge athletes will tell you, are part of the game, a necessary teaching tool that helps young lugers learn how to navigate sliding on their back down an icy course, sometimes faster than 90 miles per hour.—
Lindsay Schnell,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026 -
The Enquirer's Neighborhood Snapshot project is an interactive, online tool for Cincinnatians to better understand their city and its neighborhoods.—
David Ferrara,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
8 Feb. 2026
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At some point, those fuel sources will be exhausted, no further energy will be naturally extracted from what remains within them, and those once-brilliant objects will fade away into darkness.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
6 Feb. 2026
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Iran seizes 2 ships on smuggling claims DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Iran seized two foreign oil tankers in the Persian Gulf on Thursday, state television reported, claiming the vessels had been smuggling fuel.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Feb. 2026
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The robot is equipped with two articulated arms mounted to a central vertical lift mechanism.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Feb. 2026
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Alexander Bublik, who switched through a similar mechanism, cracked the men’s top 10 for the first time last month.—
James Hansen,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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His campaign focuses on national security and economic stimulus.—
GRANT PECK,
Arkansas Online,
9 Feb. 2026
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On Sunday, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s party won a two-thirds supermajority in the lower house of parliament, as voters gave a resounding endorsement of her right-wing agenda, which includes fiscal stimulus.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
9 Feb. 2026
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Future-ready power plants Rolls-Royce’s Modular Engine Power Plants (MEPP) deliver flexible power generation from 5 MW to 150 MW using standardised mtu engine-generator modules.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Feb. 2026
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The company’s Grok AI chatbot and image generator allowed mass-creation and syndication of non-consensual, explicit, deepfake images that were based on photos of real people, including children.—
Ashley Capoot,
CNBC,
10 Feb. 2026
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But a block in the back penalty on Dell Pettus negated the return, and New England starts at its own 27 desperately needing a spark.—
February 9,
CBS News,
9 Feb. 2026
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Scorpio October 23 – November 21 Scorpio, your spark can brighten every room.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
7 Feb. 2026
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My f******* idiot self had the stupid finger on the trigger.—
Stephanie Slifer,
CBS News,
8 Feb. 2026
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The collaborative effort revealed that the specific pairing of the amino acids arginine and tyrosine acts as a chemical trigger, sparking the initial clustering of proteins that eventually form the solid fiber.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Feb. 2026
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SpaceX plans to use its Starship system for the task — the largest spacecraft and rocket system ever built, and the vehicle that Musk says is purpose-made for taking people to Mars.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
9 Feb. 2026
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This shift is so total that Tesla is winding down production of its veteran Model S and Model X vehicles to repurpose its California factory for the mass production of Optimus humanoid robots.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Catalyzer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catalyzer. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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