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




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“His impact was less ideological than attitudinal. He wasn’t convincing the voters to become more conservative, he was convincing them that it was OK for them to vent their anger in an unconventional way.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Kennedy said the academic literature on hourly matching remains at an early stage and isn’t definitive enough to show the model’s impact.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Estimating the impact of larger portfolio withdrawals is more complex because it depends on assumptions about investment returns, inflation and your asset allocation.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

At 38, he is not the player he once was but can he still have an impact on games for Argentina?

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

“Awesome,” he says after he shoots a marble out of the Japanese robot’s belly to blast his own impact crater on the surface of my cake-pan moon.

From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein




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