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verb

past tense of impact
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Recent Examples of impacted
Adjective
The city’s health department has been slow to test people in an impacted unit and inconsistent in enforcing a quarantine. Jason W. Lloren, SFChronicle.com, 6 Apr. 2020 Sloane called on health officials to start collecting race and ethnicity data on COVID-19 patients, to identify those communities most impacted and direct intervention methods to them. Max Londberg, Cincinnati.com, 5 Apr. 2020 Knowing which communities are most impacted allows public health officials to tailor their messaging to overcome the distrust of black residents. Akilah Johnson, ProPublica, 3 Apr. 2020 Pope Francis prayed for an end to the coronavirus pandemic on Friday in front of an empty St. Peter's Square, as Italy continues to remain one of the most impacted regions in the world. Fox News, 27 Mar. 2020 See All Example Sentences for impacted
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impacted
Adjective
  • This strip lifted a few embedded blackheads that have been staring me in the face for the past few months, and then some.
    Daley Quinn, Glamour, 15 Apr. 2025
  • Bondholders can benefit from the dynamic of an appreciating scarce asset, a proposition that resembles an embedded derivative.
    Dave Birnbaum, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Additionally, taxpayers in Los Angeles County, California, affected by the devastating wildfires in January have until October 15 to file their tax returns for 2024.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Hitting that figure would rely deeply on the $880 billion charged to the Energy and Commerce Committee, which means Medicaid would necessarily be affected.
    Mike Lillis, The Hill, 14 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Given his lower cross volume, last season’s most common crossing pass cluster has been bumped down the list, with Liverpool’s No 66 more likely to engage in sideways or backwards passes as part of his distribution diet.
    Mark Carey, The Athletic, 22 Dec. 2024
  • After the Detroit Pistons got a bucket in the third quarter, Paul Reed bumped into Jordan Clarkson of the Utah Jazz.
    Ryan Morik, Fox News, 20 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • What's New Several drones collided midair during a holiday drone show at Lake Eola Park in Orlando, Florida, on Saturday evening, and fell into the crowd below, the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) has confirmed.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Several small drones collided and then fell into a crowd at a holiday drone show in Florida on Saturday night, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
    Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The preview touches on the rage lodged at callous McVeigh.
    Erin Jensen, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The charges were the first to be formally lodged by the ICC against Russian officials since the Kremlin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in 2022.
    Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Two people are dead and 19 others injured after a small plane slammed into a Fullerton warehouse filled with workers.
    Hunter Clauss, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Gomez, for instance, was slammed by Mexican actor Eugenio Derbez (who later apologized) over her Spanish in the film.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Now he’s become a devoted pupil of Spagnuolo, adopting the old-school practice of writing down notes in a bound notebook during the defense’s initial virtual meetings this week.
    Jeff Fedotin, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Decoupling Economies Disconnecting markets as a result of a trade war can also remove an obstacle to conflict, in that closely bound economies may be less likely to go to war because of the risk of damage that either would face.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The match began with Uso and Gunther going back and forth with each Superstar hitting their signature moves.
    Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Apr. 2025
  • New York’s forward did so by staying attached through the bazillion screens Detroit set and recovering when he was hit.
    James L. Edwards III, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2025

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“Impacted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impacted. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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