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impinge

[im-pinj] / ɪmˈpɪndʒ /


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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

He cited a 2019 Supreme Court judgment to say the opposition's demand for machine-readable voter lists could impinge on people's privacy.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2025

The octagon is carried up to the base of the dome, which is built in sixteen longitudinal compartments that impinge upon one another and form groins giving to the dome its strength and sweep.

From Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture by Alexander Van Millingen

They have claimed this ban actually risks making children less safe, argued it impinges on their rights, and repeatedly pointed to the questions around the tech that will be used to enforce the policy.

From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2025

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

From Science Magazine ● Oct. 18, 2023

“Attacking the way we eat impinges on our privacy and that is very serious,” Gutmann said as she busied herself in the kitchen of their Paris home.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 15, 2022

Most Italians support the provision, opinion polls show, but a vocal minority says it impinges on core labour rights.

From Reuters ● Oct. 18, 2021

The shaft is made integrally with this gear and has an eccentric portion against which the air pump roll plunger impinges.

From Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair by Victor Wilfred Pag?

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

From Barron's ● Mar. 5, 2026

At the circuit court on Monday, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Drew Ensign said that Baosberg’s order, which affects only the expulsions under the Alien Enemies Act, impinged on executive authority.

From Salon ● Mar. 25, 2025

Judges in those cases said the new statutes most likely impinged on social media companies’ free speech rights to distribute information as well as young people’s rights to have access to it.

From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2024

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

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

"I don't think that's impinging on anybody's First Amendment rights to protect my staff."

From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2023

They carefully scraped away harmful algae and predators impinging on staghorn fragments, under the supervision and training of interns from Islamorada Conservation and Restoration Education, or I.CARE.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 20, 2023

After about a year, though, he concluded that the amount of time he was spending practicing the accordion was impinging on his chess studies.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady


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