impact
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The impact on earnings for plantation companies is expected to be limited in 2027 but amount to about 1% in 2028, he estimates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
"Never train and they don't get injured. The consequence of that is when you ask them to play they have no rhythm and no impact in the game," the Spaniard added.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
Even if this $350,000 represents 10% of your portfolio, that 10% could still have a meaningful impact if the investment goes belly up.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026
Mohn, a longtime underwriter of the museum’s flagship Made in L.A. biennial, said Ryan is extending the program’s impact by returning to participating artists for broader examinations of their work.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
And the work at Bletchley Park is sure to impact the course of the war and the future.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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“We saw gas pop higher late on Friday on news around the impacts from the storm, but much of that support has tempered back out,” he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
She said the healthcare system is already experiencing the impacts of an ageing society but there will also be implications for housing, public transport and workplaces.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
"Poverty, insecurity and the growing impacts of climate change drive many to undertake this journey, despite mounting instability across the Middle East," the IOM said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026
“With an event of this magnitude, the chances of experiencing impacts consistent with El Niño are larger, though not guaranteed,” the Climate Prediction Center said Thursday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 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
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Redistricting had impacted the home Greene-Placentia shared with her husband, so she found another place to stay within Arizona’s 8th Congressional District.
From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2026
"This controversy has impacted a lot of patients, scientists, doctors and PCD support networks around the world," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
Albanian authorities did not respond to AFP questions on how the pollution has impacted people's health in Elbasan.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
“Not all 17 players who passed me were using performance enhancers—but some were. I take the conversation seriously, because it’s impacted my legacy and the legacies of many others.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
This crater is 1.2 kilometers in diameter and was probably produced 15,000 to 40,000 years ago when a lump of iron 25 meters across impacted the Earth at a speed of 15 kilometers per second.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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In Japan, meanwhile, around 20 companies have said their data may have been compromised in a spate of similar cyberattacks potentially impacting millions of customers.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
The BBC’s Tessa Wong is there and breaks down how the wildfire smoke is impacting countries around South East Asia.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
In 2024, McKinley Paper and Packaging Co. permanently closed a plant in Port Angeles, Wash., impacting 193 workers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
What are you hearing about the current conditions impacting other companies, like Anthropic or others?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
“You’re wasting your limited time and energy hating Danny Devon. It is not impacting Danny Devon in the slightest. You’re only harming your soul and your happiness.”
From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty
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