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impinge

[im-pinj] / ɪmˈpɪndʒ /


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It states that it does not impinge on constitutionally protected rights to express political, academic or ideological disagreements.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

Analogous to the U.S. situation, some leading voices in Chinese tech are telling the government that tighter measures would slow down AI development in China and ultimately impinge on its growth potential.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

As Ms. Carr shows, the parental perspective of what is happening may not impinge upon what siblings think is happening.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026

In other words, actions like mining development, agriculture and so on, unleash a whole lot of chemicals which impinge on us every day.

From Salon ● Nov. 30, 2024

And yet in the Superficies of the thinned Body, where it is of any one thickness, there are as many parts for the Rays to impinge on, as where it is of any other thickness.

From Opticks or, a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light by Sir Isaac Newton

In subsequent books, the outside world impinges on Roz’s idyll.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2025

"India takes such inputs seriously since it impinges on our own national security interests as well," spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said in a statement.

From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2023

"India takes such inputs seriously since it impinges on our own national security interests as well," he said.

From Reuters ● Nov. 22, 2023

He also argues the new consultation requirement impinges on academic freedom.

From Science Magazine ● Oct. 18, 2023

And I derive it from what may be called optical reactions; that is, the reaction of light and the substances on which it impinges.

From The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences by Edward Hitchcock

Brusuelas says the economy likely won’t be impinged so long as oil stays below $125 a barrel.

From Barron's ● Mar. 5, 2026

Faroese pro-choice campaigners have argued the legislation was outdated and impinged on women's rights.

From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2025

Fleming’s wartime experiences no doubt impinged upon his later characterization of 007, the spy who would transform the author into a household name.

From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2024

The disappearance of China's defence minister heightened uncertainty about President Xi Jinping's stance towards international engagement, worker strikes impinged on global production and the spectre of a U.S. government shutdown returned.

From Reuters ● Sep. 18, 2023

It showed that a person’s decision making is impinged by something as simple as a modest memory task.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

“Magnificent Seven” stocks are impinging on investors’ returns, according to Citigroup — and it’s triggered the fourth-worst day for momentum stocks in 22 years.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026

“She was dehydrated, she hadn’t had her medication and she was sitting in her own wee,” she adds, uncomfortable at impinging on her mother’s dignity.

From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2024

Those things are impinging on what cells do and the genes they will use.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 9, 2023

"I don't think that's impinging on anybody's First Amendment rights to protect my staff."

From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2023

They had fenced off the parallel faces of each dee with a grid of fine tungsten wires to prevent the electrical field from impinging within the dees while allowing the particle beam to pass through.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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