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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

Analogous to the U.S. situation, some leading voices in Chinese tech are telling the government that tighter measures would slow down AI development in China and ultimately impinge on its growth potential.

From MarketWatch Jul. 21, 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

"It is important that nothing is said that would either potentially defame an individual, nor impinge upon the police investigation which is ongoing," stated the letter, signed by two senior members of the church.

From BBC Dec. 14, 2025

It is administered by means of a system of lacets and whalebones, which everywhere impinge upon nature.

From Modern Society by Julia Ward Howe

Players will also flow into some clubs in a similar fashion, I'm sure, and I'm afraid all of this impinges on managers and coaches from this country, who are not part of that network.

From BBC Apr. 3, 2026

"India takes such inputs seriously since it impinges on our own national security interests as well," he said.

From Reuters Nov. 22, 2023

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

They are simply vortices in the matter of the body—vortices through which all the particles pass in turn—points, perhaps, at which the higher force from planes above impinges upon the astral body.

From Clairvoyance by C. W. (Charles Webster) Leadbeater

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

From Barron's Mar. 5, 2026

Faroese pro-choice campaigners have argued the legislation was outdated and impinged on women's rights.

From BBC Dec. 4, 2025

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

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

In the past, critics have viewed “debt-for-nature swaps” as impinging on the national sovereignty of indebted countries by placing financial and environmental decision-making power in the hands of foreign entities.

From Seattle Times Aug. 15, 2023

Natural uranium’s fission cross section—that is, the probability that the nucleus would fission under given circumstances—was highly sensitive to the energy of the impinging neutrons.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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