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exogenous

[ek-soj-uh-nuhs] / ɛkˈsɒdʒ ə nəs /
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"In a world of more shocks, of exogenous forces, they have no control over, what they have control over is getting the economy in good shape," she told AFP.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 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 following typographic errors have been fixed: Page 20—servicable amended to serviceable—"... both exogenous and endogenous, render them extremely serviceable to mankind."

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



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