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The committee typically engages such tools if a clear market-functioning or financial-stability risk threatens to impair monetary policy, a bar that current conditions don’t appear to meet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

Dementia is an umbrella term for debilitating symptoms that can result in memory loss and impair movement and daily life.

From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026

Southpaw Nakatani had wrestled back some control but was halted in his tracks when blood began to impair vision in his left eye following a clash of heads.

From BBC ● May 2, 2026

“Inadequate nutrition, particularly vitamin A deficiency, can impair the lining of the digestive tract, predisposing birds to inflammation and secondary illness.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2026

With a logic problem, asking people to explain themselves doesn’t impair their ability to come up with the answers.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

This impairs our ability to quickly shed excess heat and makes it harder to judge when our bodies are under burden, simply because we can't see as much sweat on our skin or clothing.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

High blood sugar impairs immune function and narrows vessels that carry oxygen-rich blood, making it harder for skin to heal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2026

America’s current structural weakness against supply disruptions impairs its geopolitical position and gives U.S. adversaries a tempting target.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026

Such reactions can range from responses with “no clinical manifestations” to irritating rashes to life-threatening conditions such as anaphylactic shock, which constricts breathing and impairs motor function.

From Salon ● Apr. 4, 2026

This blindness impairs us in every act of communication.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

“By losing control of the Film, Netflix destroyed that exclusivity and materially, if not completely, impaired the Film’s marketability,” his lawsuit said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

In the corner, a visually impaired man gets up out of his chair to move his body and dance, much to the delight of staff.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

“It is, ‘What would happen to my overall financial plan if both my job and this stock were impaired at the same time?’”

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026

The disease commonly causes movement related symptoms including tremors, impaired balance, and slower movement.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026

Motor activity impaired; general reduction of glandular functioning; accelerated loss of coordination; and strong indications of progressive amnesia.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes

In implementing the law, the government further defined "harm" to include "significant habitat modification or degradation where it actually kills or injures wildlife by significantly impairing essential behavioral patterns, including breeding, feeding or sheltering."

From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026

Cedars-Sinai spokesperson Duke Helfand said the hospital would be unable to recruit and retain physicians, nurses, and specialists if the measure passed, dramatically impairing its ability to provide healthcare.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026

The longer these companies leave addictive, impairing features in place, the more plaintiffs they’ll create.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026

“In particular, how effective drones are in impairing production and transportation of crude via the Strait of Hormuz.”

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 28, 2026

This is because the act of describing a face has the effect of impairing your otherwise effortless ability to subsequently recognize that face.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell