Impact in a sentence as a noun

I don't think you can understate the impact it had on a generation of geeks.

He's put his wealth and influence to use in beneficial, high-impact ways.

Lower court rulings can have a powerful impact through the sheer force of their reasoning.

People make fun of him and make comments about how he has a net negative impact on software and computing.

If you're going to violate their policies, they will stop working with you, regardless of the impact on your business.

He then addressed his concerns about my blog post, and the potentially negative impact it could have on his companys growth and current round of funding.

Impact in a sentence as a verb

Note that a brain-teaser-type test used in a hiring procedure could be challenged as illegal if it can be shown to have disparate impact on some job applicants.

And so it's just common sense that any such broad-based operations that might be perceived as impacting our constitutional rights should be the subject of broad public debate.

"We believe these changes will also help prevent a fire resulting from an extremely high speed impact that tears the wheels off the car, like the other Model S impact fire, which occurred last year in Mexico.

Every decent improvement is blocked by some greedy Boomer sonovabitch whose business or view would be mildly inconvenienced by the impact of construction.

Thus, the best a trial judge can do in such a case is to make a fact-specific conclusion about the case immediately being tried, one which would have limited impact in the next case, where the parties could argue the same issue on different facts.

This happened after the vehicle impacted a roundabout at 110 mph, shearing off 15 feet of concrete curbwall and tearing off the left front wheel, then smashing through an eight foot tall buttressed concrete wall on the other side of the road and tearing off the right front wheel, before crashing into a tree.

Impact definitions

noun

the striking of one body against another

noun

a forceful consequence; a strong effect; "the book had an important impact on my thinking"; "the book packs a wallop"

See also: wallop

noun

influencing strongly; "they resented the impingement of American values on European culture"

See also: impingement encroachment

noun

the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat; "the armies met in the shock of battle"

See also: shock

verb

press or wedge together; pack together

verb

have an effect upon; "Will the new rules affect me?"

See also: affect touch