The phrase
"chilling impact" means that something has had a very disturbing or unsettling effect on someone or something.
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«chilling»
«impact»
Sentences with «chilling impact»
- The bill, which passed with strong bipartisan support on a 325 - 91 vote, makes procedural changes intended to limit the adverse and chilling impact on innovation made by so - called patent trolls, or companies that profit by buying up patents and using them to target others with infringement lawsuits. (nationaljournal.com)
- And the acquisition of WhiteWave would bring Horizon, the largest U.S. organic dairy brand, under Danone's umbrella as well, in a move The Cornucopia Institute says «will have a chilling impact on both competition in the consumer marketplace and the wholesale market for organic milk.» (organicauthority.com)
- While the bill has yet to be introduced, the specter of such a proposal has some real estate insiders and tax policy experts sounding dire warnings about the chilling impact the levy would have on the market. (therealdeal.com)
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