- present participle of impact.
impacting
Example Sentences
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Some of that correlation is that the same factors, like the Iranian conflict and the artificial-intelligence build-out, are impacting multiple economies.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
For more on how tariffs are impacting Canada, read on below.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
The high cost of ownership is impacting tenants at all income levels.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
The lack of a final agreement means that new 50-percent duties impacting some $20 billion worth of goods, or 5.5 percent of Canadian exports to the United States, came into force.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
The erosion in interstellar space—chiefly cosmic rays and impacting dust grains—is so slow that the information on the record will last a billion years.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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