as in damages
to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of
already impaired by a crack, the windshield shattered upon impact with the baseball
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Recent Examples of impairs
Lead is a neurotoxin that impairs brain development.
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Ben Smith, semafor.com, 17 Oct. 2025
If rain severely impairs your vision, pull over and wait for conditions to improve.
—Southern California Weather Report, Oc Register, 14 Oct. 2025
Ten percent impairs performance and leaves you dizzy and faint.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside, 25 Sep. 2025
If rain severely impairs your vision, pull over and wait for conditions to improve.
—Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2025
The amendment should define specific criteria for incapacity, including mental illness, cognitive decline, substance abuse, or any condition that substantially impairs judgment or decision-making capacity.
—Lynn Schmidt, Twin Cities, 19 Sep. 2025
While alcohol typically impairs coordination and reaction time, drugs present a more complex picture.
—Andrew Yockey, The Conversation, 11 Sep. 2025
This imbalance undermines trust, impairs decision-making and fuels agency problems.
—Michael Hilb, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Neuroscience research has shown that stress impairs the prefrontal cortex, the part of the brain responsible for logical decision-making.
—Margie Warrell, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
Ben Smith, semafor.com, 17 Oct. 2025
If rain severely impairs your vision, pull over and wait for conditions to improve.
—Southern California Weather Report, Oc Register, 14 Oct. 2025
Ten percent impairs performance and leaves you dizzy and faint.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside, 25 Sep. 2025
If rain severely impairs your vision, pull over and wait for conditions to improve.
—Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2025
The amendment should define specific criteria for incapacity, including mental illness, cognitive decline, substance abuse, or any condition that substantially impairs judgment or decision-making capacity.
—Lynn Schmidt, Twin Cities, 19 Sep. 2025
While alcohol typically impairs coordination and reaction time, drugs present a more complex picture.
—Andrew Yockey, The Conversation, 11 Sep. 2025
This imbalance undermines trust, impairs decision-making and fuels agency problems.
—Michael Hilb, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Neuroscience research has shown that stress impairs the prefrontal cortex, the part of the brain responsible for logical decision-making.
—Margie Warrell, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impairs
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Brain scans revealed the severity of the bleeds and whether patients showed signs of cerebral small vessel disease, a condition that damages tiny blood vessels in the brain and is linked to aging, high blood pressure and dementia.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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Long-term, alcohol damages the brain by shrinking white and gray matter, dulling rewards, and overactivating the stress system.—
Sarah Bence,
Verywell Health,
6 Nov. 2025
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If an animal injures a human or another animal, or has been declared dangerous elsewhere, it can be ordered removed from the city.—
Quinn Clark,
jsonline.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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Derek gravely injures his hand.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
9 Oct. 2025
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Deadly holiday weekend mars broad crime drop The back-and-forth followed a Labor Day weekend of deadly violence in Chicago worse than in the previous two years, with seven people shot to death, according to preliminary Chicago Police Department reports.—
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
3 Sep. 2025
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Valuing a project at cost of production rather than value in an arm’s length sale—common in all economic statistics—especially mars Chinese data.—
Bill Conerly,
Forbes.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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Lee was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy at age 2, a degenerative disease that gradually weakens muscles.—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
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Unlike some of the burger chain’s peers, Cramer said McDonald’s has immense scale and strength and is making an effort to lower prices as consumer spending weakens.—
Julie Coleman,
CNBC,
5 Nov. 2025
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Second, this ambiguity around responsibility cripples an organization’s ability to respond effectively.—
Nelson Lim,
Fortune,
10 Oct. 2025
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Drones allow aggressors to target critical infrastructure that cripples a defender’s economy at low cost and with high accuracy.—
Omar Al-Ubaydli,
semafor.com,
8 Oct. 2025
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For any administration to treat them that way erodes our national security and flies in the face of Congress’ constitutional obligation to oversee matters of war and peace.—
Luis Martinez,
ABC News,
29 Oct. 2025
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When the only people receiving relief are celebrities, political insiders or headline-makers, public confidence erodes.—
Khalil Cumberbatch,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Oct. 2025
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And some experts caution that the testing of nuclear warheads – creating actual nuclear explosions – hurts humans and can have lasting consequences for generations.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
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If anything hurts, pull slowly out of the pose.—
Cory Martin,
Verywell Health,
30 Oct. 2025
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The trio stumbles upon a crucial piece of evidence - and promptly compromises it.—
Billie Melissa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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His condition compromises his warrior mentality and his free-agent market will suffer.—
Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
13 Oct. 2025
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