as in to activate
to cause to function
mold triggers my allergies
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as in stimulus
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as in alarm
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Recent Examples of trigger
Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 30 May 2025
Hormone fluctuations during puberty, before periods, or pregnancy can trigger gum inflammation.
—Mark Gurarie, Health, 29 May 2025
Danielle Wallace, FOXNews.com, 26 May 2025
Martinez’s son squeezed the trigger five times, shooting Rivera to death and wounding two others, the detective wrote in the affidavit.
—Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2025
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Verb
The decision triggered a federal investigation, which ultimately resulted in no charges.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 30 May 2025
Hormone fluctuations during puberty, before periods, or pregnancy can trigger gum inflammation.
—Mark Gurarie, Health, 29 May 2025
Noun
The images of Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron disembarking in Vietnam trigger a lot of comment.
—Danielle Wallace, FOXNews.com, 26 May 2025
Martinez’s son squeezed the trigger five times, shooting Rivera to death and wounding two others, the detective wrote in the affidavit.
—Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trigger
Verb
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Breathing in and sighing out slowly for longer than your in breath with an open mouth can activate the vagus nerve, a crucial component of the parasympathetic nervous system.—
Paul McClure
May 24,
New Atlas,
24 May 2025
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Take these steps to win bonus bets for basketball, baseball, hockey and other sports this weekend: Follow the links on this page to activate the welcome offer.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 May 2025
Noun
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The recordings revealed that AWB and ASH, two neurons that are responsible for making sense of olfactory stimuli, were activated when the corpses and fluids were present, indicating that the worms were smelling the signature of death.—
Sam Walters,
Discover Magazine,
23 May 2025
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When we get stung by a wasp, the association between pain and wasps is encoded in the region of the brain called the amygdala, which connects simple stimuli with basic emotions.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
21 May 2025
Noun
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These are also voluntary workouts, so no need to sound an alarm just yet.—
Daniel Popper,
New York Times,
28 May 2025
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Intensifying Chinese intrusions into waters around Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands, which lie close to Taiwan and which Japan controls and China claims, are also causing alarm in Tokyo.—
Robert Ward,
NPR,
27 May 2025
Verb
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Bryant’s comments have sparked debate online, highlighting the continuing tension between inclusivity campaigns in major sports and the personal beliefs of current and former players.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
3 June 2025
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Rising heat, winds, and dry air sparked blazes in the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba, according to the country’s Department of Natural Resources.—
Taylor Ardrey,
USA Today,
3 June 2025
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But Gibbs has been a catalyst for this offense, earning back-to-back Pro Bowl honors to begin his career.—
Colton Pouncy,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
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Looking ahead, Goldman analyst Eric Sheridan expects artificial intelligence to be a catalyst for internet stocks in his coverage universe, seeing the technology as a continuous driver for growth as applications expand.—
Brian Evans,
CNBC,
28 May 2025
Verb
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The franchise has driven over half a billion hours of streams, with the original accounting for more than 280 hours.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
26 May 2025
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Derek Jeter gets his 2,000th career hit, becoming the eighth player in Yankees history to reach the milestone. 2008 — Chase Utley tied the National League lead with his 16th homer and drove in six runs as Philadelphia routed Colorado 20-5.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
26 May 2025
Noun
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The church declined an interview and did not respond to specific questions about the impetus for the change.—
Lauren Jackson,
New York Times,
29 May 2025
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The immigration issue was Worsley’s impetus to enter politics.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Mercury News,
15 May 2025
Noun
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But these devices—unavailable in the US—are among the first to feature Google’s image-to-video AI generator, based on its Veo 2 model (now available to Gemini subscribers).—
Simon Hill,
Wired News,
30 May 2025
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Like other modern video generation models, Veo 3 is built on diffusion technology—the same approach that powers image generators like Stable Diffusion and Flux.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
29 May 2025
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“Trigger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trigger. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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