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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are triggering" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that causes a strong emotional reaction or response, often related to trauma or distress.
Example: "The images in the documentary are triggering for many viewers who have experienced similar events."
Alternatives: "are causing distress" or "are eliciting a reaction."
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are triggering
verb
To fire a weapon.
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Early findings are triggering some alarm.
Or the rules on lightbulbs, which are triggering energy savings and cuts in carbon emissions.
Both of these are triggering the tremendous fightback we're seeing from government forces".
All of those signals of safety are triggering a flow of neurotransmitters.
Bundled payments are triggering a whole new level of care innovation.
These findings do not support the suggestion that SSRIs are triggering suicides in adults or youth.
In 2017, these casual rediscoveries of a traumatic Spanish past are triggering an outpouring of civilian, intellectual and political inquiry.
And it's not only reminders of rape that are triggering; students sometimes demand trigger warnings for novels that portray racism, classism or colonialism.
"Pakistani authorities are increasingly committing abuses against Afghan refugees that are triggering a mass refugee return," said Patricia Gossman, senior Afghanistan researcher at Human Rights Watch.
The pads on the MPD24 are triggering samples that live in that Apple MacBook Pro sitting to the left of the controller.
Like many new technologies, drones, and the ways that they are being deployed, are triggering debates about who has the right to fly – and where.
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