impacted 1 of 2

past tense of impact
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impacted

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adjective

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Recent Examples of impacted
Verb
The emergency fund will be distributed by ViacomCBS to the Motion Picture & Television Fund and The Actors Fund, charitable organizations already supporting impacted industry workers. Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Apr. 2020 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 See All Example Sentences for impacted
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impacted
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
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
  • Some of them, though, are embedded in that seabed.
    Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 13 Apr. 2025
  • This certificate, embedded as metadata in the document, would create an unalterable record of its authenticity and source.
    Quora, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
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
  • Wide receiver Jared Wayne collided with Dell's lower leg in the end zone.
    Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Councilmember Bob Holden slammed Hochul for this, arguing that the city and state simply need to enforce existing laws instead of changing them.
    Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2025
  • The statement sparked outrage with GOP lawmakers, who slammed Allstate for not explicitly condemning terrorism.
    Jackson Walker, Baltimore Sun, 3 Jan. 2025
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
Adjective
  • The film is another attempt to reinvent the zombie-movie-genre wheel wholesale, and the result is both audacious and bound to be divisive.
    Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 24 June 2025
  • The Yankees managed just five base runners off Crochet before Judge finally unloaded on a pitch, driving a towering shot that seemed bound to clank off the Citgo sign well beyond Fenway Park’s dimensions.
    Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 14 June 2025
Verb
  • Bregman hit 11 home runs in 226 plate appearances, a rate of one every 20.5 at bats.
    Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025
  • Earlier, in the fourth, Chisholm hit his fourth homer in his last five games.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 1 July 2025

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“Impacted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impacted. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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