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impact
noun as in collision, force
noun as in effect
Strongest matches
Weak match
Example Sentences
We look for mission-driven founders who believe their companies can make a real and positive impact on the lives of people and patients the world over.
It’s important to recognize the truth of our impacts, to take stock of the enormous destruction we have reaped on this planet’s biodiversity and climate.
Committed investors, engaged philanthropy, and smart state and local policy can create access to capital for marginalized communities that fosters genuine impact and fights poverty.
So it starts as a grant, but then it’s mixed with a convertible note that converts based on how much impact they’re creating, measured on metrics that we advise.
Faulconer and Housing Commission officials see the proposed purchases as a chance to make a major impact on the city’s homelessness crisis.
In this nervous city in an embattled country, even small explosions can have a big impact.
The EPA felt that the State Department had not looked carefully enough at the impact of the pipeline if oil prices fell.
Residents of the neighborhoods where cops are needed the most are mixed on the impact of the apparent slowdown.
Strong currents and winds, however, mean any debris could be drifting up to 31 miles a day eastward, away from the impact zone.
It made a big impact on him and he realized, “Wow, there really is a Santa, at least in the hearts of some people.”
The impact dragged down on the speed of the roadster so that the rear right fender was only crumpled by the brick work.
But "son" had rebounded from the impact like a rubber ball, or the best trained gymnast of his school, as he was.
I saw Johnny Burke's body jerk a bit under the impact of the slugs, but he was too big to be stopped by them.
I felt the impact of that culture in her interested eyes and in the sleek, smart bearing of her utterly relaxed body.
The impact stresses depend so much on local conditions that it is difficult to fix what allowance should be made.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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