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Definition of impactednext

impacted

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verb

past tense of impact
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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
  • French Finance Minister Roland Lescure said about 700 of the country's 10,000 supermarkets were affected.
    — JOHN LEICESTER, Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026
  • But there’s a lot that scientists still don’t understand about how different trees are affected.
    — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • Jay just gets bumped from one squishy chamber of viscous lumps to another, fighting like hell to avoid following his squid adversary through a puckering hole and deeper into the digestive system, where the air turns into methane.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 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
  • 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
  • But her best argument is that City Hall and the entrenched political establishment need a major shake-up, because the machine is now a jalopy.
    — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • But that reconfiguration also influenced how Atlan would film scenes.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 15 Oct. 2026
  • As a result, the device’s subsequent switching became more predictable, indicating that its earlier electrical activity had influenced its future behavior.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 14 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 21 Oct. 2026.

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