exogenous

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Then an exogenous shock to the system happens and access to capital closes as stock prices fall and credit spreads widen.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

Fear-surfing is an aggressive trading strategy that is intended to generate big returns on securities with high implied volatility created by exogenous events.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

In Solow’s model, the big driver of growth was technological change, but it was exogenous.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025

"On our own analysis, the 'extra' cases serve to underline rather than undermine this aspect of the phenomena that are said to be distinctive in those cases of administration of exogenous insulin," they concluded.

From BBC • Jun. 26, 2025

Regulation of breeding schedules in birds always involves some exogenous, environmental timing or triggering mechanism.

From The Breeding Birds of Kansas by Johnston, Richard F.