How to Use high-impact in a Sentence
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The team needs one of those guys to step up and be a high-impact player in 2025.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
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At the end of the day, her key to pulling off a high-impact outfit is to simply go with the flow.
—Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 4 Nov. 2023
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What else to know: Flagg is not the only high-impact recruit.
—Zachery Eanes, Axios, 1 Nov. 2024
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Thompson logged 25 points in 27 minutes for his third high-impact game off the bench.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2024
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Consider the design of your home and how a high-impact tile design would flow with the rest of your space.
—Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Mar. 2025
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There is the potential for high-impact heat the week of Sunday, August 13.
—oregonlive, 7 Aug. 2023
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The money would go to high-impact paving, a process that involves surface repairs to extend the life of a road by about 10 to 15 years.
—Alison Dirr, Journal Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2025
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Think of some of the high-impact drugs that began in university labs.
—Roopa Ramamoorthi, STAT, 11 Aug. 2023
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Though on the pricey side, Jonathan Adler vases are stunning statement pieces that make high-impact gifts.
—Kathleen Felton, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Aug. 2023
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For high-impact workouts, only the best running sports bras will do.
—Sara Coughlin, SELF, 4 Sep. 2024
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And — it must be said that bringing dogs to someone else’s home overnight is a high-impact thing to do, even if your dogs are well-behaved.
—Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2023
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Just pick your favorite white suit, wear it back-to-front, and voila—you’ve got yourself an easy, but high-impact, costume.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2024
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This high-impact one from Amazon comes in 19 colors and is adjustable.
—Addison Aloian, Women's Health, 21 June 2023
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Also, don't be afraid to mix and match different floral pieces for a high-impact take on this trend.
—Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Feb. 2025
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Those who adapt will step into more strategic, high-impact roles.
—Chris Gallagher, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025
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Great for high-impact, smokey eye looks, its flake-free wax lends itself just as well to everyday wear.
—Tracy Achonwa, Vogue, 26 June 2024
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Those two players are not bad, but the team could consider making a high-impact move.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025
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Footballers wear a helmet and thick padding to withstand high-impact tackles on the whole body except the head and knees.
—Kathleen Magramo, CNN Money, 30 May 2025
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So, does knee pain mean high-impact exercise is a total no-go?
—Caitlin Carlson, Women's Health, 15 May 2023
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Ear cuffs are the low-stakes, high-impact accessories that have taken the jewelry world by storm.
—Samantha Solomon, Vogue, 22 Sep. 2024
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Rees breaks down exactly what to do for this low time commitment but high-impact kitchen DIY project.
—Perri Ormont Blumberg, Architectural Digest, 27 Dec. 2024
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While both players are high-impact talents, their depth quickly gets thin.
—Kevin McCormick, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
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This stretchy style is great for both low- and high-impact activities and has a supportive high waistband to keep them in place all day long.
—Ali Faccenda, Travel + Leisure, 18 Apr. 2023
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The term is given to high-impact fragrances that are superpowerful and can be smelled halfway across the room.
—Sophia Panych, Allure, 23 Nov. 2024
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Even though age is starting to catch up to him, Rodgers is more than capable of being a high-impact quarterback.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
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All around the country, fighters sweat, puke, and bleed their way through an endless grind of high-impact training for the slim chance of getting a shot at real money.
—Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 14 Jan. 2025
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This eye shadow provides high-impact sparkle in just a few swipes, no blending necessary, and just a little dry-down time.
—Annie Blackman, Allure, 28 Jan. 2025
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Each side wall creates a natural stopping point for a high-impact tile or slab backsplash.
—Lauren Bengtson, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 June 2025
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Above all, treat this strike as a high-impact event that demands proactive planning, not reactive scrambling.
—Zach Wichter, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2025
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Instead, people are opting for more meaningful, high-impact pieces made from this precious metal.
—Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 10 Apr. 2026
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