exogenous

Example Sentences

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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

The effect, barring some history-altering exogenous circumstance, has almost certainly been to push the war’s conclusion further into the future.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 1, 2026

"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

The stem of an exogenous plant has been compared to a piece of linen, of which the weft is composed of cellular tissue, and the warp of fibrous and vascular tissue—crossing each other.

From The Church of England Magazine - Volume 10, No. 263, January 9, 1841 by Various