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Shares of Applied Materials fell 5% after the semiconductor-equipment maker reported higher third-quarter net income and increased revenue, but failed to impress investors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

But it’s still possible to impress skeptical investors and flip a negative narrative.

From Barron's ● Aug. 8, 2026

Tech stocks are set for a wobble on Thursday, as shares of memory makers Sandisk and Western Digital tumble following earnings that failed to impress investors.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026

The only senior player other then Joao Pedro to particularly impress was winger Jamie Gittens, who made it three goals in three appearances in pre-season, following his two in behind-closed-doors friendlies against EFL opposition.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

Everything was guesswork, which wouldn’t impress anyone when the case went to trial.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

I was not impressed with his three-point shooting, but his work ethic changed that.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026

Their bowling attack is without the likes of Shaheen Afridi and Naseem Shah, who have impressed at times in Tests but have often been used in shorter formats or struggled for form and fitness.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

In 2023, he spoke with Tang, who later told his staff he was impressed by Liang’s “different ways of thinking.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Lee noted that cybersecurity is emerging as a bigger part of the story for the company, and he has been impressed with the work and vision of Yevgeny Dibrov, who now leads ServiceNow’s cybersecurity efforts.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026

I nodded, doing my best to look appropriately impressed.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

As the company achieves notable growth — sales more than doubled in the latest quarter — it’s also impressing Wall Street with its profit performance.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026

Buddhas float overhead like a divine ideal but also weigh down on their visitors, impressing on us the difficulty of ever reaching enlightenment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

Bouaddi controls matches in a manner which defies his tender age, impressing in Morocco's opening draw with Brazil where he outshone Casemiro and Bruno Guimaraes.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

I was hellbent on impressing my guests with culinary theatrics and wild flavors, thinking the more labor I poured into my meals, the better the quality of my party.

From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2026

The moms are sitting on the couch, jumping up every few minutes to pull a favorite book off the shelves, laughing and impressing each other with their deep mutual love of literature.

From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements

In the rule given by the A.P.A. for the substitution of ed for t, lasht and imprest are given as examples.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 26, July 1880. by Various

Remember only, that upon him, whose appearance thou shalt assume, thine shall be imprest, till thou restorest his own.

From Almoran and Hamet by John Hawkesworth

Preeminent above all other suggestions, I am imprest with his vivid sense of the reality of the redemptive work of Christ.

From The World's Great Sermons, Volume 10 Drummond to Jowett, and General Index by Grenville Kleiser

The evening on which I saw the Rhine for the first time, I was imprest with the same idea.

From Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 5 Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Switzerland, Part 1 by Francis W. (Francis Whiting) Halsey

But here at any rate we can see the house in which he toiled—no genius ever took more pains—and the surroundings which imprest his mind and influenced his inspiration.

From Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 5 Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Switzerland, Part 1 by Francis W. (Francis Whiting) Halsey