as in damages
to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of
already impaired by a crack, the windshield shattered upon impact with the baseball
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Recent Examples of impairs
The chronic disease, which impairs the body’s ability to properly regulate blood sugar, contributed to 94,445 deaths that year.
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Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
3 July 2026
But the complaint argues CMS has not explained why community healthcare providers are equipped to evaluate whether a patient’s condition significantly impairs their ability to comply with work requirements.
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Michelle Mbekeani,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
Cold water shock impairs breathing and can overwhelm even strong swimmers within seconds.
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Kara Fox,
CNN Money,
28 June 2026
Aphasia impairs a person's ability to speak.
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Stephanie Stahl,
CBS News,
26 June 2026
Poor sleep impairs barrier function and slows the overnight repair window, and chronic sleep restriction visibly accelerates aging.
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Allison Palmer
updated June 13,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 June 2026
Poor sleep impairs barrier function and accelerates visible aging.
—
Allison Palmer
updated June 13,
Miami Herald,
13 June 2026
If rain severely impairs your vision, pull over and wait for conditions to improve.
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Bay Area Weather Report,
Mercury News,
13 June 2026
Unfortunately, substance use impairs judgment, increases impulsivity and amplifies vulnerability to a range of other high-risk behaviors and harms.
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Beverly Kingston,
The Conversation,
9 June 2026
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
3 July 2026
But the complaint argues CMS has not explained why community healthcare providers are equipped to evaluate whether a patient’s condition significantly impairs their ability to comply with work requirements.
—
Michelle Mbekeani,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
Cold water shock impairs breathing and can overwhelm even strong swimmers within seconds.
—
Kara Fox,
CNN Money,
28 June 2026
Aphasia impairs a person's ability to speak.
—
Stephanie Stahl,
CBS News,
26 June 2026
Poor sleep impairs barrier function and slows the overnight repair window, and chronic sleep restriction visibly accelerates aging.
—
Allison Palmer
updated June 13,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 June 2026
Poor sleep impairs barrier function and accelerates visible aging.
—
Allison Palmer
updated June 13,
Miami Herald,
13 June 2026
If rain severely impairs your vision, pull over and wait for conditions to improve.
—
Bay Area Weather Report,
Mercury News,
13 June 2026
Unfortunately, substance use impairs judgment, increases impulsivity and amplifies vulnerability to a range of other high-risk behaviors and harms.
—
Beverly Kingston,
The Conversation,
9 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impairs
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Most notably, those who switched faced a 24% higher risk of developing diabetic retinopathy, a condition that damages the blood vessels in the light-sensitive tissue at the back of the eye.
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Your Eyes High blood pressure also damages the sensitive back lining of the eye called the retina.
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Early on in the clip, Jake Johnson’s former tennis star Dusty Boyd trips over the net and injures his wrist in a bad way.
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Who is responsible when a robot breaks something or injures someone?
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Jacob Whitehead Homophobic chant mars Mexico’s win Before the World Cup, the Mexican football federation launched a campaign that featured the heroes of the country’s 1986 World Cup side.
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No sadness mars the purity of its paranoia.
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When the dollar weakens, commodity prices expressed in dollars tend to rise to maintain purchasing power parity for buyers operating in other currencies.
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But the corresponding upheaval is still catastrophic for any surrounding planets, which either get swallowed up by the expanding star, or drift into wider orbits as the star’s gravity weakens—some are flung out from the system entirely.
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Federal illegality further cripples operations with banking and tax burdens.
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In the final version of the film, Furiosa captures Dementus, cripples him, brings him back to the Citadel.
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Financial privacy erodes gradually through risk assessments, compliance obligations, information sharing partnerships and international standards presented as technical rather than political.
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This undermines financial stability, erodes reserves intended for true emergencies, and increases the likelihood of necessary cuts or emergency measures in the future.
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Losing in Game 7 already hurts enough, but losing in extra innings to the Los Angeles Dodgers is a real twist of the knife.
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Neighbors are worried the next crash could be the one that busts through their wall or hurts someone who lives in one of the nearby homes.
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Red Wing Shoes Founded over a century ago in Red Wing, Minnesota, Red Wing Shoes remains a go-to destination — still family-owned and operating inside the same town — for heavy-duty footwear that never compromises on true craftsmanship.
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CEOs must be careful of drifting toward what is comfortable, as mid-year is when quiet compromises surface.
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