impact
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Launching a consultation on its policy on Friday, the Welsh government said undergrounding electricity circuits could "reduce the visual impact of electricity infrastructure, helping to protect landscapes and local amenity".
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
Those areas all have a direct impact on influencing Trimble’s AI approach, from how it manages cybersecurity to setting responsible AI practices and determining how much to budget for AI in research and development.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Another impact player is junior running back Kai Honda at Princeton.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
He added that much of NABEP’s oil comes from fields that require little or no blending materials and that blending costs would not meaningfully impact the price of production.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026
Crusher released Roz and raised his claws to brace for the impact.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
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One of the biggest impacts is that CEOs hired under the old playbook may not be the right fit as needs evolve over the longer time span.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
Most areas, however, will probably experience only minor impacts from this storm, the office said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
"Spending, including higher debt interest costs, increased more than government income, partly reflecting the impacts of inflation," the ONS said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
Scotland and Northern Ireland will largely miss any of the impacts caused by Storm Austen.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
The leading early investigator, G. K. Gilbert of Columbia University, modeled the effects of impacts by flinging marbles into pans of oatmeal.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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“So, this is a huge area where identifying interventions that could hopefully add quality of life to the people impacted by this disorder would be tremendously impactful.”
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
In a study on how this summer was impacted by human-induced climate change, it said the heat experienced was made 130 times more likely.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
“While on the other hand, a higher cost of capital has negatively impacted investor sentiment.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
The Moneyist tackles a familiar dilemma: Is being debt-free worth the tradeoff of potentially impacted investment returns?
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026
Twice already Bernd has begged Volkheimer to try one on the impacted mess of the stairwell, to see if they can blast their way out.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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Kelvin waves are totally natural, forming throughout the year from warming ocean water and usually not impacting coastlines by a noticeable amount.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026
“I can’t even tell you how many people are coming. So when you see it impacting an area like this, you know it’s something going on.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
Character.ai has been among AI companies that have faced more scrutiny over how chatbots are impacting young people’s mental health.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
"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
Once Abel’s debts and his terrible business decisions started impacting my mother’s credit and her ability to support her sons, she wanted out.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
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