actual impact
collocation in Englishmeaningsofactualandimpact
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actual
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈæk.tʃu.əl/us/ˈæk.tʃu.əl/
existing ...
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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 ofactualandimpactfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofactual impact
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In anticipation of the flooding, communities were relocated and an enormous amount of research was undertaken to assess the potential and then theactualimpact.
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Budgetary constraints have reduced theiractualimpactby 52 percent.
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One of the twin objectives was to influence policy and practice, but evidence ofactualimpactwill take time to materialise.
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However, the discount of future benefits minimizes theactualimpactof this potential bias.
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Of course, theactualimpactof doing this would vary from country to country depending on the size and ideological polarization of the party system.
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In light of the current experiment, however, theactualimpactmay be greater.
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These results and their potential implications support the need for carefully monitoring the diffusion process of coated stents and theiractualimpacton clinical practice.
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However, to date, little empirical information is available on theactualimpactof this innovation on clinical practice.
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However, theactualimpactof this bias on the results reported in our study seems rather small.
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However, theactualimpactof those conditions on the pattern of gender pay inequality was not unambiguous.
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At the same time, such indiscriminate measures may prevent voters from assessing theactualimpacton different programs.
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However, the results still need to be regarded as preliminary, to be confirmed by empirical studies of theactualimpactof the new financial incentives.
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Such a continued effort, followed by targeted survey research after an appropriate time period, would be required to ascertain if this brochure had anactualimpacton subsequent medical practice.
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Consequently, theactualimpactof including employer stock depends on how the pension would invest funds if the employer stock is offered as an investment option.
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It also proposes to assess theactualimpactof liberalisation before embarking on any new phases, as my group suggested on many occasions.
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A thorough evaluation needs to be made of theactualimpactof the loans.
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We can do it, in the first place, by carrying out anactualimpactassessment, and that is what is still lacking at the moment.
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We want a reduction in theactualimpact, based on a scientific risk evaluation.
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Itsactualimpact, however, will depend mainly on the willingness of everyone involved to respect the more stringent rules.
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That is because time is needed to assess theactualimpactof the railway once it is operational.
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