exogenous

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Members can tap the RFI repeatedly within any three-year period if the balance of payments need is caused by an exogenous shock, according to the IMF website.

From Reuters

“Covid was an exogenous shock,” said Beth Livingston, an assistant professor of management and entrepreneurship at the University of Iowa’s Tippie College of Business, who studies gender and the management of work and family.

From New York Times

Another concern was overuse that can lead to skin irritation, rebound effects and potentially a rare skin condition called exogenous ochronosis.

From Washington Post

Things were basically going fine, and then an outside force, what economists call an “exogenous shock,” turned the world upside-down.

From New York Times

“We think that this is probably a heterogeneous illness that can be triggered by multiple different genetic and environmental factors,” they wrote, “including stress, toxins and exogenous infectious agents.”

From New York Times