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impinge

[im-pinj] / ɪmˈpɪndʒ /


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Nor does it impinge on the States’ authority ‘to create and enforce a legal code’ for elections.’”

From Salon Aug. 24, 2026

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

From Barron's Jul. 30, 2026

If these two AI giants cannot access public markets for equity this could significantly impinge on their future growth prospects – and that of the whole AI boom, says Cox.

From MarketWatch Jul. 1, 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

Feudalism, conservatism, family piety, are dissolved; and, as the conquering mobile civilisations impinge upon quiescent peoples, new ambitions and desires are created among populations hitherto content to live as their forefathers lived.

From American World Policies by Walter E. Weyl

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

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 11, 2025

Lawyers for Carter said in briefs that the type of training ordered “is a commonplace civil contempt sanction” and denied that it impinges on the airline’s free speech rights.

From Seattle Times Jun. 2, 2024

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

From Science Magazine Oct. 18, 2023

Ms Owens questioned this request, saying: "We do not accept that our wider call for support and legal reassurance for armed officers impinges upon our independence, nor the impartiality of the misconduct hearing process."

From BBC Sep. 29, 2023

It is the “spirit,” the moral being, a reality which impinges on the world of appearances.

From Tennyson and His Friends by Various

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

From Barron's Mar. 5, 2026

But when the application to register the L V Bespoke trademark was made public, Louis Vuitton Malletier objected in March 2022 via lawyers in London claiming the trademark impinged on its intellectual property.

From BBC Jan. 27, 2024

Baez was determined that the documentary represent “an honest legacy,” both the heights of her 1960s-era activism, as well as the “wrinkles” that impinged upon her personal journey.

From Salon Oct. 8, 2023

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

A feeling that I was forgetting something impinged on my too- rare happiness.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

“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

According to atomists such as Gassendi, light was caused by a stream of tiny particles emerging from bright objects, like the Sun, and impinging on the eyes of the viewer.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin




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