as in impressive
having the power to affect the feelings or sympathies
an impactful story of love and redemption
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Recent Examples of impactful
First days are always an impactful thing in our lives.
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Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2025
Our most impactful decision was deepening our investment in AI.
—Sarah Jones, Sourcing Journal, 10 Apr. 2025
Joyner is an impactful collector who has dedicated decades to uplifting Black art.
—Keyaira Boone, Essence, 9 Apr. 2025
The researchers found that, surprisingly, tapping – either on its own or along to a beat – delivered better speech comprehension, while just listening to a beat without a physical response was not as impactful.
—New Atlas, 9 Apr. 2025
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Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2025
Our most impactful decision was deepening our investment in AI.
—Sarah Jones, Sourcing Journal, 10 Apr. 2025
Joyner is an impactful collector who has dedicated decades to uplifting Black art.
—Keyaira Boone, Essence, 9 Apr. 2025
The researchers found that, surprisingly, tapping – either on its own or along to a beat – delivered better speech comprehension, while just listening to a beat without a physical response was not as impactful.
—New Atlas, 9 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impactful
Adjective
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Economic growth − uneven and fragile In raw numbers, Cambodia’s economic progress over the past two decades has been impressive.—
Sophal Ear,
The Conversation,
14 Apr. 2025
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But this was far and away Yapi’s most impressive all-around performance over the span of his 66 minutes.—
Braidon Nourse,
Denver Post,
13 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Just before the game, the franchise honored him with a video tribute, and Dončić became emotional.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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It wasn’t scripted that Robby gets emotional and breaks down at [that] particular point in the speech….—
Ryan Schwartz,
TVLine,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The tools offer exciting new clues to how people living in the area thousands of years ago may have lived and interacted.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
9 Apr. 2025
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Outside of Matthews’ single shot, the most exciting chance the line created was an out-of-character clapper from Marner off the rush that was more of a novelty than a high-danger look.—
Nick Ashbourne,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Impactful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impactful. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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