impacting

verb

present participle of impact
1
as in affecting
to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response the tragic loss of his father impacted the boy for the rest of his life

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Relevance

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2
as in colliding
to come into usually forceful contact with something the damage sustained when a car going 40 miles an hour impacts with a brick wall

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3
as in embedding
to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter the bullet was found impacted in the police officer's protective vest

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Recent Examples of impacting With the industry's current pace of innovation, leveraging AI and IoT is bringing within reach the ability to solve critical challenges impacting people's quality of life and sustainability. — Alper Yegin, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026 Eala is the only player impacting ticket pricing to this extent (+96%)—no other session’s price increased even 25% directly following a scheduling announcement. — Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 1 Sep. 2026 The weak yen is also impacting touring economics, increasing costs for international artists. — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 31 Aug. 2026 Steam tunnel work, a Greenbelt improvement project and a parking lot repaving are impacting the routes students and staff can use to get to class — whether by car, bike, scooter or foot. — Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 25 Aug. 2026 Check your credit report for errors Review your credit reports with all three credit bureaus for any errors that could be negatively impacting you. — Dan Avery, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2026 Firefighters in Santa Clarita are battling a third-alarm fire that is impacting several businesses on Monday morning. — Chelsea Hylton, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026 Rain has already begun to move across the Big Island and is expected to continue through at least Monday, with lingering rain still impacting some of the islands possibly on Tuesday. — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026 Tropical Storm Moke is impacting the Big Island of Hawaii and will bring rain to other islands through Monday, according to an advisory by the NOAA NWS National Hurricane Center issued late Saturday night, local time. — Chandelis Duster, NPR, 23 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impacting
  1. affecting
  2. colliding
  3. embedding
  4. influencing
  5. bumping
  6. rooting
  7. impressing
  8. slamming
Verb
  • But the forces prodding Shin to boost rates are increasingly affecting Fed policy decisions.
    — William Pesek, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Kelchen said Syracuse is being hit by many of the forces affecting the broader industry.
    — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of affecting
Verb
  • So Pioneer 11 pioneered the way through Saturn's outer rings, going where no spacecraft had gone before — and nearly colliding with a small moon along the way.
    — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • To study quark-gluon plasma, CERN scientists have generated this plasma by colliding heavy nuclei such as lead.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of colliding
Verb
  • Focusing on relevance means embedding inclusive practices directly into hiring criteria, project assignments, promotion pipelines, and performance reviews.
    — Julie Kratz, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
  • The model tends toward certain word choices repeatedly throughout a text, embedding a pattern that is meant to be perceptible only to someone with the key.
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of embedding
Verb
  • More of their money is flowing toward influencing local elections, according to the data.
    — Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The tropical disturbance influencing Sunday's forecast is expected to move west, dropping the probability of weather violating launch criteria to about 30% — offering a 70% chance of acceptable conditions.
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of influencing
Verb
  • Bonhams is bumping its buyer’s premium up to 30 percent from 28 percent for bids of £25,000 ($33,700) or less.
    — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Still, with the right conditions, getting close to beds without bumping deer becomes much easier.
    — Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of bumping
Verb
  • Prepare a small plant pot with potting mix, dip the cut end of the stem in rooting hormone powder, and plant the cutting in the pot.
    — Alexandra Jones, The Spruce, 30 Aug. 2026
  • But after that initial shock of recognition, after the first changes and the settling in, the shiftings in me came more slowly, took their time in rooting.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of rooting
Verb
  • Running backs impressing The 49ers appear to have their best, and deepest, running back group since Christian McCaffrey’s arrival.
    — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The Bosnia and Herzegovina international joined on his 24th birthday, before making his Premier League debut just five days later, impressing at right-back during Sunday’s 2-2 draw against Liverpool on Tyneside.
    — Andy Naylor, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of impressing
Verb
  • Meanwhile, Talarico is barnstorming the state, slamming Republicans mostly on kitchen table issues like stubborn inflation and the price of gas that has skyrocketed due to Trump’s war with Iran.
    — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 28 Aug. 2026
  • There was little time for anyone to flee as flash floods decimated villages, slamming into houses, roads, bridges and power plants.
    — Megan De Mar, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of slamming

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“Impacting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impacting. Accessed 4 Sep. 2026.

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