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
Considering this generation’s career choices are heavily influenced by social media, that’s pretty impactful.
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Vicki Salemi, Boston Herald, 30 Mar. 2025
For couples looking to reclaim their time together and set healthy boundaries around screentime, Bullock suggests small but impactful changes.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025
Established in 1990, the event has become the most prominent annual LGBTQIA+ awards event worldwide, delivering impactful messages of acceptance to global audiences.
—Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 28 Mar. 2025
Notably, both were impactful during the 2023-2024 season.
—Nasha Smith, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
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Vicki Salemi, Boston Herald, 30 Mar. 2025
For couples looking to reclaim their time together and set healthy boundaries around screentime, Bullock suggests small but impactful changes.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025
Established in 1990, the event has become the most prominent annual LGBTQIA+ awards event worldwide, delivering impactful messages of acceptance to global audiences.
—Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 28 Mar. 2025
Notably, both were impactful during the 2023-2024 season.
—Nasha Smith, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impactful
Adjective
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Lewis comes in ranked No. 9, so a victory from Teixeira—especially an impressive one—will likely land him in the Top 10.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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While his Jackhammer is an impressive feat of strength, the Spear is what made Goldberg a monster.—
Jason D. Greenblatt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 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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Her emotional response and (to be fair, unethical) choice to threaten the guy suggest to the viewer that Dr. Santos herself experienced a similar kind of trauma as a child.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
10 Apr. 2025
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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 16 Apr. 2025.
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