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Definition of impactednext

impacted

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verb

past tense of impact
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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of impacted
Adjective
The company's own testing has not identified any impacted powdered beverage mixes, and the recall is being issued out of an abundance of caution. — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 29 Apr. 2026 The Ranger nameplate isn't particularly unreliable, though drivers with an impacted Ranger model should bring it in for inspection and repair as soon as possible to avoid any mishaps or issues. — Saleen Martin, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2026
Verb
The governor says the EIDL loans are available to businesses in Crowley, El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano, Las Animas, Lincoln, Otero, and Saguache Counties in recognition that the fire impacted nearby areas. — Christa Swanson, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026 In Newbury Park, a shopping center on Reino Road was among the thousands of Edison customers impacted by power shutoffs. — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for impacted
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impacted
Adjective
  • Native culture is an imbedded fact of Minnesota’s history and now the Indian – a brave, a scout, God forbid somebody’s friend — is gone from the flag.
    — Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 2 May 2026
  • The device receives a video feed captured by external smart glasses with an embedded camera.
    — Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Tall thunderstorm clouds will be affected by those changing winds and rotate.
    — Jamie Ross, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Attorneys for New Mexico had sought $35 billion to $40 billion, arguing that the company would only change its ways with a sum that affected its stock price.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The character always bumped some people, and those feelings coalesced around Hari Kondabolu’s 2017 documentary The Problem With Apu.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The surfer who made the report was not bumped, bitten or otherwise hurt by the shark, Peters said.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Maybe because their connection was so deeply rooted, the proposal resonated with a complete stranger.
    — Nicole Comstock, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • In Richard’s hands, Creole culture is rooted and migrant, soil and air.
    — Stephen Kearse, Pitchfork, 9 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • Notably, the record has changed hands several times in the last few years, reflecting a landscape in which big hits become entrenched in consistent streaming performance and radio airplay cycles that led to extensive, chart-topping runs.
    — Trevor Anderson, Billboard, 20 Oct. 2026
  • How far might a nation go that had no kings to depose, no entrenched hierarchies to uproot, a country so young and iconoclastic and resource-rich?
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Anderson rose to prominence in the early 1980s with a traditional country sound influenced by artists including Merle Haggard and George Jones.
    — Bradford Betz, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Many of the artists Anderson influenced throughout his prolific career took to social media following news of his death.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • On July 21, a man on an e-bike collided with a vehicle at the intersection of Warner Avenue and Plaza Lane.
    — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
  • As a result, the right side of the pickup truck collided with the right side of the motorcycle.
    — Felix Rodriguez, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The bullet remained lodged in Roosevelt's body for the rest of his life.
    — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Koyari said Japan lodged a protest to North Korea through their embassies in Beijing.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026

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“Impacted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impacted. Accessed 23 Oct. 2026.

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