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as in affected
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 bumped
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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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 impacted
Kansas City Star,
26 Mar. 2026
On the call, executives said the impacted stores accounted for about $110 million in revenue over the course of the past year.
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Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
29 Oct. 2025
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 June 2026
The group of Venezuelans, which included several families, was sent to the Hotel Santuario La Llanada, family members of those impacted said.
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Laura Romero,
ABC News,
29 June 2026
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The impacted road section is 200 feet long.
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Kansas City Star,
26 Mar. 2026
On the call, executives said the impacted stores accounted for about $110 million in revenue over the course of the past year.
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Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
29 Oct. 2025
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The initial mission of the collaboration, the NASA Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) will have visited the asteroids earlier and impacted Dimorphos with sufficient momentum to effect a measurable change in its orbit.
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Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 June 2026
The group of Venezuelans, which included several families, was sent to the Hotel Santuario La Llanada, family members of those impacted said.
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Laura Romero,
ABC News,
29 June 2026
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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.
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The device receives a video feed captured by external smart glasses with an embedded camera.
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Street vendors offer lower prices compared to his, which have been affected by high inflation.
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There was not a single prospect available, or even theoretically available, who would have positively affected winning in the immediate future more than Lendeborg.
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Apple bumped its prices across much of its product lineup today, in some cases adding hundreds of dollars to the cost of a new Macintosh.
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The 24-year-old scored twice before the end of the first half, which bumped him up to 11 career goals across 28 international caps.
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For many Venezuelans, the anger is rooted not in abstract politics but in intensely personal experiences of chaos, helplessness and institutional failure.
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The shoe itself remains fully rooted in Hoka’s performance DNA, even as it is positioned for lifestyle use.
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An entrenched founder or chief executive may own enough stock to resist accountability.
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Venture capital firms are routinely funding new startups based solely on the pedigree of researchers who leave deeply entrenched labs like DeepMind and Google Brain.
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Investigators said interviews with Sayer after his arrest indicated he was influenced by the Columbine High School massacre in 1999 that left 13 dead.
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Offer availability, placement, and display are determined by the third party and may be influenced by compensation and other factors.
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Jayed ruled that Waldermar Anton collided with the keeper while the ball was airborne, disallowing the goal.
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The vehicle stopped at the end of the ramp, then the motorcycle collided with it.
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The pine tree that graced his yard since at least 1985 was firmly lodged in his garage while the top of a tree that obliterated his next door neighbor’s roof dangled precariously in his backyard.
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He was taken into custody and lodged in the Oakland County Jail.
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“Impacted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impacted. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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