prime agent

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the primary force or substance that produces an effect

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Examples (10)

  • In many chemical reactions, heat serves as the prime agent of transformation.
  • Economic hardship was the prime agent that led to the social unrest.
  • Human activity is now considered the prime agent of climate change.
  • In this region, moving ice was the prime agent of geological change during the last ice age.
  • The narrator's intense jealousy becomes the prime agent of the tragedy in the story.
  • Scientists identified the specific virus as the prime agent responsible for the epidemic.
  • The report highlights foreign investment as the prime agent for the country's rapid development.
  • He argued that free will, not fate, is the prime agent in shaping a person's life.
  • The new software acts as the prime agent in automating the entire workflow.
  • The investigation determined that a faulty electrical wire was the prime agent behind the catastrophic fire.