catalyst

In a sentence

Six example sentences with catalyst, each labelled with its topic.

• The failed harvest of 1788 became the catalyst for reforms that had been discussed uselessly for thirty years.

  History

• A stolen bicycle is the catalyst of the whole story, sending a quiet father across the city in one day.

  Movies

• A friend's casual invitation to a Saturday run became the catalyst for a habit that lasted eleven years.

  Fitness

• One angry customer email was the catalyst that turned a side feature into the company's entire product.

  Startups

• The railway acted as a catalyst for the region, and towns along the line tripled in size within a generation.

  Economics

• The release of a free compiler was the catalyst for the whole ecosystem, and hundreds of tools followed within two years.

  Technology

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