1
as in affecting
to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response
the tragic loss of his father impacted the boy for the rest of his life
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as in colliding
to come into usually forceful contact with something
the damage sustained when a car going 40 miles an hour impacts with a brick wall
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as in embedding
to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter
the bullet was found impacted in the police officer's protective vest
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Recent Examples of impacting
But increasing soil salinity is impacting a fifth of farmable land globally due to climate change and human water and land use practices.
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Anna Marija Helt, JSTOR Daily, 17 Sep. 2025
Anthropic is already impacting AWS numbers.
—Paulina Likos, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
The vote to approve Miran’s nomination passed 48-47, along party lines, with Democrats expressing concern about the appointment impacting the central bank’s independence.
—Siladitya Ray, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Trends impacting property taxes Meeting as the joint property tax committee, the city, county and school district officials examined key trends impacting property taxes on Monday.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 16 Sep. 2025
For the full year, the Port of Long Beach has largely endured the tariff whiplash impacting the trans-Pacific trade lane since April.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 16 Sep. 2025
How the changing climate is impacting fall foliage Several experts and groups have made connections between the fall foliage and the weather and climate.
—Kyle Reiman, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2025
Both partners need to be conscious of their individual feelings toward the situation and how their emotions may be impacting their quest for healing and forgiveness.
—Hannah Yasharoff, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2025
The door appeared to be all but closed on Roki Sasaki impacting the 2025 Dodgers.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
Anna Marija Helt, JSTOR Daily, 17 Sep. 2025
Anthropic is already impacting AWS numbers.
—Paulina Likos, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
The vote to approve Miran’s nomination passed 48-47, along party lines, with Democrats expressing concern about the appointment impacting the central bank’s independence.
—Siladitya Ray, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Trends impacting property taxes Meeting as the joint property tax committee, the city, county and school district officials examined key trends impacting property taxes on Monday.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 16 Sep. 2025
For the full year, the Port of Long Beach has largely endured the tariff whiplash impacting the trans-Pacific trade lane since April.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 16 Sep. 2025
How the changing climate is impacting fall foliage Several experts and groups have made connections between the fall foliage and the weather and climate.
—Kyle Reiman, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2025
Both partners need to be conscious of their individual feelings toward the situation and how their emotions may be impacting their quest for healing and forgiveness.
—Hannah Yasharoff, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2025
The door appeared to be all but closed on Roki Sasaki impacting the 2025 Dodgers.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impacting
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The chance encounter sparks difficult political and moral conversations between the young lovers, a debate that ends up affecting the entire community.—
Rafa Sales Ross,
Variety,
19 Sep. 2025
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Some leaders and business development professionals get ahead of themselves, trying to show benefits without fully understanding the pain points and issues affecting their teams, leads and customers.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Entrepreneurs Need Healthy Discourse to Thrive Entrepreneurship thrives on ideas colliding.—
Sarah Hernholm,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The play showed Patterson colliding directly with Sellers just as the sophomore signal caller released the ball.—
Ira Gorawara,
New York Times,
14 Sep. 2025
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The coalition is now building a blueprint for climate-resilient health and co-developing a practical guide to embedding health equity and prevention directly into climate plans.—
Jamie Hailstone,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Until now, most fluorescent glasses for LSCs were made by embedding nanocrystals.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Sep. 2025
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One of the fundamental factors influencing the sustainability of this withdrawal rate is the manner in which retirement funds are invested.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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In 2024, his research paper on bottom trawling was the first to show that the destructive industrial fishing method contributes to atmospheric carbon emissions, influencing Greece to ban the practice altogether.—
Elisabeth Brier,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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High Potential ended its first season by confirming that Morgan’s estranged ex is alive and well, thus bumping the search for Ava’s father to the top of Morgan’s priority list moving forward.—
Andy Swift,
TVLine,
16 Sep. 2025
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To be kind, UCLA has been bumping along for a number of years.—
Tom Layberger,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Be vigilant about rooting them out until the first hard frost kills them.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 Sep. 2025
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The production stitches together a grab-bag of ‘global’ references—Caribbean steel drums, Mardi Gras second lines, LA street dance—without ever rooting itself in a specific tradition.—
David Hochman,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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And in his first 10 games with the AHL’s San Diego Gulls, Solberg had two goals and three assists while impressing people throughout the Ducks organization.—
Eric Stephens,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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The visiting Boxers have garnered attention with quarterback Marcio Semedo impressing at this summer’s Northeast 7v7 tournament.—
Jack Murray,
Boston Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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Center fielder Lawrence Butler was the first player to score, slamming a ball into center field during his first at-bat to lead off the first inning.—
Mathew Miranda,
Sacbee.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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The instruments detected gravitational waves, faint ripples in space-time produced by the two black holes slamming into each other.—
Jacopo Prisco,
CNN Money,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Impacting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impacting. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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