Sentence examples for was a catalytic from inspiring English sources

Firestone was a catalytic force.

The last war against Iraq was a catalytic event for the Islamists who formed Al Qaeda.

The ongoing chaos and civil war in neighboring Syria was a catalytic force: The group, then known as ISIS, was one of a hodgepodge of militant factions battling the forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Chelsea Through Aug. 20 This bright, multifarious show is an hommage to the Cuban painter Raúl Martínez (1927-1995), a formal polymath who for decades was a catalytic figure on the Havana art scene.

Another major highlight was Otto's work with polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans, whereby his discovery of their presence in flue gas and fly ash from municipal waste incinerators was a catalytic event in the development of this field.

He was a catalytic unifier of the Church around shared priorities rather than differences, cultivating mainline churches and prompting Protestant/Catholic cooperation in evangelism.

By contrast, Minneapolis-based MinuteClinic is a catalytic innovator.

This is a catalytic reaction that can't be changed.

This is a catalytic moment for the NHS to reinvent itself.

How can music be a catalytic change for young people in a democracy?

The community college model is a catalytic innovation that is dramatically changing the shape of higher education.