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impact

[im-pakt, im-pakt] / ˈɪm pækt, ɪmˈpækt /




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Beyond that, though, the impact is harder to predict.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

The results favor a rare minting anomaly involving repeated, highly concentrated pressure, rather than damage caused by ordinary circulation, corrosion, or a single unrestricted impact after production.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026

There are fears El Niño's impact will worsen existing issues.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026

It will disenfranchise you to the extremes, no matter how brilliant you are, and you’ll be so dispossessed that you actually lose sight of your own significance, your own talent and impact.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026

I like ferns, obviously, and growing food, and making sure I live a life that doesn’t negatively impact the earth.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

The EU, for its part, and other developed countries are under pressure from the developing nations to fulfil promises to provide funds they need to adapt to climate impacts and recover from extreme weather disasters.

From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026

They say more research is needed to understand what longer-term impacts climate change could have on the species.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

"I think we've discovered a new model of global biodiversity change. Now we'll need to see just how widespread this could be in Earth's history and how we can quantify its impacts," Larsson said.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026

“L.A. has been flying blind when it comes to measuring the impacts of the dollars spent,” said Cole, a Pasadena City Council member.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

When used as a verb, this word impacts me the wrong way.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

He added that the police "will continue to liaise with schools impacted".

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026

While net interest margin of 1.53% fell 2 basis points short of consensus, Strong points out that this was impacted by markets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

“People who have been systematically impacted, been arrested and are trying to leave all of those problems behind, this can have a chilling effect on them becoming intervention workers,” Garcia-Leys said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

Thursday’s stock pressure is especially pronounced for companies likely to be impacted by a slower data-center buildout in the U.S., according to Thomas Martin, a portfolio manager at Globalt Investments.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026

Thousands of flying avatars and ships continued to buzz around the shield, occasionally firing bullets, lasers, missiles, and other projectiles at it, all of which impacted harmlessly on the surface.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

Last year, issues with an IT upgrade hit product availability at the supermarket and dented sales, impacting its bottom line.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

The company also pushed back against the narrative that external AI agents could be negatively impacting the company’s ad business.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

“The natural question is whether agentic shopping from external horizontal agents is meaningfully impacting Amazon Ads, and the answer is no,” CEO Andy Jassy said on the company’s call to discuss its third-quarter results.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

“The decisions we make on this dais are already impacting you, and in many cases they’re impacting you the hardest,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Along the way, we'd work to hold the business community accountable for its decision making around issues impacting children's health.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama


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