initial impact

collocation in English

meaningsofinitialandimpact

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initial
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ɪˈnɪʃ.əl/us
/ɪˈnɪʃ.əl/
of or at ...
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impact
noun[C usually singular, U]
uk
/ˈɪm.pækt/us
/ˈɪm.pækt/
the force or action of one object ...
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(Definition ofinitialandimpactfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Therefore, as long as these second-order effects do not outweigh theinitialimpactof the combined policy change, the aggregate capital stock will rise.
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Itsinitialimpacton industry was low and its relevance was difficult to understand.
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Because of their human quality, demographic statistics tend to become more interesting the more one looks into them; but theirinitialimpacton the student can be to create boredom.
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After theinitialimpactof the change, this will mean some reduction in the prison population.
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That is the time that they will face theinitialimpactof the community charge.
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Theinitialimpactmay to some extent have worn off.
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Theinitialimpacthas begun to wear off and apathy must not rule.
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Theinitialimpactof sterling's suspension from the exchange rate mechanism was a sharp fall in business and consumer confidence.
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Theinitialimpacton the young mind is crucial to the continuation of many of the best values in our society.
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Of course, it is quite true that devaluation had aninitialimpacton the prices of our imports.
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It is widely held that it is theinitialimpactof the prison sentence that has most effect.
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Above all, whatever theinitialimpactof a tax, its incidence is ultimately upon the productive powers of the economy.
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The estimated costs of theinitialimpactof the directive in its earlier form would have been approximately £5·6 billion.
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That increase will be phased in up to 1995 to reduce theinitialimpact.
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However, theinitialimpactcould be confined to introducing the payment of this pension in two stages.
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I am satisfied that there could have been no hope of controlling the aircraft after theinitialimpact.
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Unfortunately, theinitialimpactof the breathalyser has worn off for some people.
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However, theinitialimpactof the presentation of poverty on the industrialised world is always very short.
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In the last two wars we have failed to resist theinitialimpact, with nearly disastrous results.
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