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[im-pinj] / ɪmˈpɪndʒ /


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Nor does it impinge on the States’ authority ‘to create and enforce a legal code’ for elections.’”

From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026

It states that it does not impinge on constitutionally protected rights to express political, academic or ideological disagreements.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

Analogous to the U.S. situation, some leading voices in Chinese tech are telling the government that tighter measures would slow down AI development in China and ultimately impinge on its growth potential.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

As Ms. Carr shows, the parental perspective of what is happening may not impinge upon what siblings think is happening.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026

A rough slanting tunnel, some five yards long, would, therefore, have to be constructed, so as to impinge exactly on the coffin head.

From The Diary of a Resurrectionist, 1811-1812 To Which Are Added an Account of the Resurrection Men in London and a Short History of the Passing of the Anatomy Act by James Blake Bailey

"India takes such inputs seriously since it impinges on our own national security interests as well," he said.

From Reuters ● Nov. 22, 2023

He also argues the new consultation requirement impinges on academic freedom.

From Science Magazine ● Oct. 18, 2023

Ms Owens questioned this request, saying: "We do not accept that our wider call for support and legal reassurance for armed officers impinges upon our independence, nor the impartiality of the misconduct hearing process."

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2023

“Attacking the way we eat impinges on our privacy and that is very serious,” Gutmann said as she busied herself in the kitchen of their Paris home.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 15, 2022

In Verhaeren's poetry the lyric exceeds the bounds of its domain and impinges on the dramatic and the epic.

From ?mile Verhaeren by Stefan Zweig

Brusuelas says the economy likely won’t be impinged so long as oil stays below $125 a barrel.

From Barron's ● Mar. 5, 2026

At the circuit court on Monday, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Drew Ensign said that Baosberg’s order, which affects only the expulsions under the Alien Enemies Act, impinged on executive authority.

From Salon ● Mar. 25, 2025

MSPs made significant amendments to the current hate crime legislation when they were scrutinising the bill in parliament after lawyers, journalists and comedians raised concerns that it impinged on free speech.

From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2024

The disappearance of China's defence minister heightened uncertainty about President Xi Jinping's stance towards international engagement, worker strikes impinged on global production and the spectre of a U.S. government shutdown returned.

From Reuters ● Sep. 18, 2023

A feeling that I was forgetting something impinged on my too- rare happiness.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

“Magnificent Seven” stocks are impinging on investors’ returns, according to Citigroup — and it’s triggered the fourth-worst day for momentum stocks in 22 years.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026

“She was dehydrated, she hadn’t had her medication and she was sitting in her own wee,” she adds, uncomfortable at impinging on her mother’s dignity.

From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2024

Those things are impinging on what cells do and the genes they will use.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 9, 2023

"I don't think that's impinging on anybody's First Amendment rights to protect my staff."

From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2023

The stream of high-speed electrons impinging upon the energy beam fluoresced into ultra-spicules of intense light.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov




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