impact
noun
the striking of one thing against another; forceful contact; collision.
were impacting
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past progressiveof impact.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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However Yuda and Komori both warned that the tougher measures were impacting "small restaurant owners" and "young entrepreneurs", as well as the system's abusers.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
A cumbersome planning process, environmental regulations and skill shortages - among other issues - were impacting the industry's building rates, he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2025
“There are ways that bison were impacting the landscape that we haven’t even thought about.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 10, 2023
Those windy, rainy conditions were impacting Northern California on Wednesday morning, and Roser expected them to move farther south by evening.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 4, 2023
In addition, the scientific community had yet to reach a consensus that humans were impacting the climate as dramatically as was later discovered to be the case.
From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2022
