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impact

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




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In a sign of the wider impact, European natural-gas prices rose as prospects of prolonged LNG disruptions through the strait added to supply concerns ahead of winter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

"North Korean authorities are keenly aware of the impact of outside media," she said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

You’ll hear a lot about how the way this postseason sets up, or how it plays out, could impact the bargaining.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

Newsom, in a statement Sunday, said that the fire showed “the lasting impact a major facility emergency can have on a community.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

Germany failed to match the Allies in tank development, producing just one model, the cumbersome A7V, manned by a crew of twelve, which appeared too late in the war to have any real impact.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

“We also have high tides going on at the same time as the higher surf, so that’s when we start to see more of those coastal flooding impacts, beach erosion.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

Since August, public fears have grown around the potentially serious, even life threatening, impacts of AI tools falling outside of human control.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

"Prepare immediately for significant inundation in low-lying areas near the shore, including roads underwater and impacts to homes and businesses."

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

Subtle impacts of aging can work against your better judgment.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

The orbits of the present planets are the orbits of the survivors of this collisional natural selection, the stable middle age of a solar system dominated by early catastrophic impacts.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

While most of the activity the company has reviewed so far involved “routine research tasks, such as accessing public web content to answer questions, we realize anyone impacted takes this seriously and we do too.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt said the east of the city was most impacted and warned more rain was forecast.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

"In order to understand how marine invertebrates are being impacted by things like climate change and how we can better protect these key elements of the ecosystem, we have to be able to identify them."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2026

Persistent inflation has disproportionately impacted low-income households, which spend more of their income on necessities, said Alexander Smith, associate economics professor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s Department of Social Science and Policy Studies.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

Although Native historians and scholars have written at length about how events in US history have impacted Indigenous peoples, their perspectives are not often included in history courses.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

“Unfortunately we are in a one factor world right now with oil prices impacting rates and rates being the main driver of all asset classes,” said Mohit Kumar, global economist at Jefferies, in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

"Higher interest rates, rising costs of construction and other issues are impacting the viability and delivery of new housing and big redevelopment projects," says Steve Norris, a director at Lambert Smith Hampton.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

“Meanwhile, the war in the Middle East is also impacting supply chains in the sector,” Jefferies says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

An environmental impact assessment found that the dredging in nearby Malakal Harbour -- expected to start this year -- will cause the loss of 4.26 hectares of coral, impacting endangered turtles, fish and dugong.

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

Maybe for Dad, publishing a book his father would hate was worth it, because of all the people it’s impacting.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison




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