as in damaging
to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of
already impaired by a crack, the windshield shattered upon impact with the baseball
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Recent Examples of impairing
Moan was charged with risk of injury/impairing the morals of a child, enticing a minor by computer, misrepresentation of age to entice a minor, and tampering with physical evidence, police said in a press release.
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Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 7 Dec. 2024
Tamara Johnson, 37, of Waterbury turned herself in last Thursday on one felony count of risk of injury to a minor/impairing the morals of a minor, according to the Meriden Police Department.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 27 Nov. 2024
Earlier this year, the Supreme Court had ruled that obstruction charges, which can carry a maximum of 20 years in prison, could only stand if direct actions such as impairing physical documents were involved.
—Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 16 Oct. 2024
Various ministries were known to boycott NSC meetings, impairing the quality of the body’s output.
—Shalom Lipner, Foreign Affairs, 26 Apr. 2018
Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 7 Dec. 2024
Tamara Johnson, 37, of Waterbury turned herself in last Thursday on one felony count of risk of injury to a minor/impairing the morals of a minor, according to the Meriden Police Department.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 27 Nov. 2024
Earlier this year, the Supreme Court had ruled that obstruction charges, which can carry a maximum of 20 years in prison, could only stand if direct actions such as impairing physical documents were involved.
—Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 16 Oct. 2024
Various ministries were known to boycott NSC meetings, impairing the quality of the body’s output.
—Shalom Lipner, Foreign Affairs, 26 Apr. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impairing
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During his appearance on the podcast, Freeman also spoke about injuring himself on the set of David Fincher's thriller movie, Se7en.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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Police in Pennsylvania are searching for a man charged with breaking into a home in a Philadelphia suburb, fatally shooting a 25-year-old man and injuring a woman.Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
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QSAs are certified by the PCI SSC to validate a merchant’s adherence to PCI DSS and play a vital role in helping businesses achieve compliance faster and more efficiently without compromising security.Rui Ribeiro, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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This level of control enables continuous delivery without compromising stability.Dan Rogers, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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One concern Giordano brings up is rapamycin further weakening a person’s immune system.Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Flow Space, 10 Dec. 2024
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Additionally, stronger enforcement of existing sanctions and the introduction of tariffs on Russian goods, in addition to the goods of its backers — weakening Putin’s grip on power and the Russian economy.Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Impairing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impairing. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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