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[im-pakt, im-pakt] / ˈɪm pækt, ɪmˈpækt /




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His withdrawal for Romeo Lavia was planned, but the Ecuador international still made a significant impact.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

Greene-Placentia said she has struggled to remember details; scientists have shown how severe trauma can impact memory.

From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2026

Resilient demand, particularly from wealthy travelers, partially offset the impact of the higher costs, said Delta Chief Executive Ed Bastian.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Police said their safeguards had limited the impact, but that these "do not diminish the seriousness of an AI system presenting fabricated information as though it came from a person with knowledge of a homicide."

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

“The impact of what we had seen was too great to be immediately digested. I could not help but cry.”

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

The agency’s San Diego office said Rachel’s greatest impacts along the Orange and San Diego coasts would come Sunday morning, when swells, onshore winds and high tides combine.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026

The heat released from the warm Pacific Ocean into the atmosphere impacts weather patterns around the globe.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Walczak was commissioned by the Florida Housing Coalition, an affordable-housing organization, to analyze the impacts of Amendment 3 on renters.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

"The death of any parent has enormous consequences for a child, and as a pediatrician, I care most about how a parent's death impacts the child, especially in the early years."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

Sefia could hear them moving, the quick impacts of their arms and hands.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

Redistricting had impacted the home Greene-Placentia shared with her husband, so she found another place to stay within Arizona’s 8th Congressional District.

From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2026

Meanwhile, the most sensitive sectors such as agriculture, and funds for regional development were the least impacted with reductions of only three percent.

From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026

“Not all 17 players who passed me were using performance enhancers—but some were. I take the conversation seriously, because it’s impacted my legacy and the legacies of many others.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Not all subscription-based products may be impacted equally, but consumption habits are likely to change, Tanay Jaipuri, partner at Wing Venture Capital, said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

A burst of sparks splattered as it impacted the metal, then the gate was closed, with the soldiers stuck on the other side.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer

"The company must strengthen its safeguards to prevent similar incidents from impacting city systems without the city's knowledge," Philadelphia police said in a statement to local media, external.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

In Japan, meanwhile, around 20 companies have said their data may have been compromised in a spate of similar cyberattacks potentially impacting millions of customers.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

It prompted a swift condemnation from South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, who called it "greatly disappointing" and said the transfer was a "highly sensitive issue" impacting national security.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

As The Times first reported in January 2025, west Altadena evacuation alerts came “as the fire approached and, in some cases, after it had already begun impacting the area,” the report found.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

But if the impacting object is larger or made primarily of rock, there is an explosion on impact that carves out a hemispherical bowl called an impact crater.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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