as in damages
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 impairs
While alcohol typically impairs coordination and reaction time, drugs present a more complex picture.
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Andrew Yockey, The Conversation, 11 Sep. 2025
This imbalance undermines trust, impairs decision-making and fuels agency problems.
—Michael Hilb, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The disease impairs cells’ mitochondria, which are kind of like tiny batteries that generate energy for cells to function correctly.
—Erika Edwards, NBC news, 18 Aug. 2025
Muscle loss reduces calorie expenditure and impairs glucose metabolism, contributing to fat accumulation and potentially leading to Type 2 diabetes.
—Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 14 Aug. 2025
If rain severely impairs your vision, pull over and wait for conditions to improve.
—Southern California Weather Report, Oc Register, 13 Aug. 2025
Ahead of a 2024 documentary chronicling Williams’ deteriorating mental and physical state, her camp shared that she had been diagnosed with dementia and primary progressive aphasia, which impairs the ability to understand language.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 12 Aug. 2025
This disconnection impairs music’s ability to trigger the reward systems necessary for one to derive pleasure.
—Jay Kakade
august 10, New Atlas, 10 Aug. 2025
Neuroscience research has shown that stress impairs the prefrontal cortex, the part of the brain responsible for logical decision-making.
—Margie Warrell, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
Andrew Yockey, The Conversation, 11 Sep. 2025
This imbalance undermines trust, impairs decision-making and fuels agency problems.
—Michael Hilb, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The disease impairs cells’ mitochondria, which are kind of like tiny batteries that generate energy for cells to function correctly.
—Erika Edwards, NBC news, 18 Aug. 2025
Muscle loss reduces calorie expenditure and impairs glucose metabolism, contributing to fat accumulation and potentially leading to Type 2 diabetes.
—Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 14 Aug. 2025
If rain severely impairs your vision, pull over and wait for conditions to improve.
—Southern California Weather Report, Oc Register, 13 Aug. 2025
Ahead of a 2024 documentary chronicling Williams’ deteriorating mental and physical state, her camp shared that she had been diagnosed with dementia and primary progressive aphasia, which impairs the ability to understand language.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 12 Aug. 2025
This disconnection impairs music’s ability to trigger the reward systems necessary for one to derive pleasure.
—Jay Kakade
august 10, New Atlas, 10 Aug. 2025
Neuroscience research has shown that stress impairs the prefrontal cortex, the part of the brain responsible for logical decision-making.
—Margie Warrell, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impairs
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This interaction damages skin cells and can trigger irritation, redness, stinging or burning.—
Leslie Baumann,
Miami Herald,
4 Sep. 2025
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If the power outage is specific to your home, say a lightning strike damages your electrical system, things change.—
Kristine Gill,
Better Homes & Gardens,
3 Sep. 2025
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If a dog that has not been officially declared dangerous severely injures or kills a person when unprovoked, authorities may confiscate the dog, and the dog’s owner is liable for the incident.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
8 Sep. 2025
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This is an inflammatory condition in which swelling injures the optic nerve, disrupting the transmission of visual information from the eye to the brain.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Deadly holiday weekend mars broad crime drop The back-and-forth followed a Labor Day weekend of deadly violence in Chicago worse than in the previous two years, with seven people shot to death, according to preliminary Chicago Police Department reports.—
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
3 Sep. 2025
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Valuing a project at cost of production rather than value in an arm’s length sale—common in all economic statistics—especially mars Chinese data.—
Bill Conerly,
Forbes.com,
21 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Any delay in release weakens hatchlings and affects their survival rates.—
M. Rajshekhar,
Time,
11 Sep. 2025
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Beyond 100 people, culture often fragments, communication distorts and the founder’s vision weakens.—
Jonathan Low,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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An ongoing alien siege cripples the world’s militaries, infrastructure, and communication centers but Will can run Premiere Pro, FaceTime, WhatsApp, Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and remote control a Tesla all at the same time.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
12 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Copper erodes naturally during the distillation process, Morris told me.—
Maggie Menderski,
The Courier-Journal,
12 Sep. 2025
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An act like this just further feeds into the cycle of fear, grievance and retaliation that erodes democratic norms and highlights the dangerous realities that public figures across the political spectrum now have to deal with.—
Nick Mordowanec
Jason Lemon,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The object may slip or the line may blur, but what hurts more is the sense of exclusion.—
Bill Schiffmiller,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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As Dexter questions why Batista’s death hurts so much, Brian chastises his brother for listening to Harry too much.—
Nick Caruso,
TVLine,
5 Sep. 2025
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The trio stumbles upon a crucial piece of evidence - and promptly compromises it.—
Billie Melissa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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However, there are a few areas where design draws the line, Broekman said – for example, any design change that compromises the safety of the vehicle or alters its overall design or silhouette.—
Jackie Charniga,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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