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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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Funding changes have affected metro Atlanta organizations and communities.
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There are no definitive statistics about how many students are affected by state bans.
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The controversy only exploded the very next week when it was revealed the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) re-implemented a pilot program that bumped every girl who finished behind the trans athlete up by one spot on the podium.
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The sum total of their spending has bumped Haley Stevens by four points.
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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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The issue is so entrenched that even college professors are complaining that undergrads are barely able to get through the basic reading they’re assigned.
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Vibe coding offers a fast way to build a working application, but such apps are unlikely to be able to compete with the scale of features and governance offered by entrenched SaaS vendors.
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The white dwarf is part of a triple star system, and the outer companion stars could have influenced WD 1856 b's orbit.
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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 3 Jul. 2026.
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