exogenous

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“That’s now exogenous; it isn’t going to change for a while,” he says.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

He said while the company absorbed an exogenous shock linked to tariffs, which “disproportionately affecting ad spend from our top retail advertisers, this quarter also underscored where we need to move faster.”

From MarketWatch • Feb. 13, 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

The skin serves as a barrier that restricts the penetration of particles and protects against exogenous threats.

From Science Daily • Feb. 29, 2024

In such stems the woody bundles are more numerous and crowded toward the circumference, and so the harder wood is outside; while in an exogenous stem the oldest and hardest wood is toward the centre.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa