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externalize

[ik-stur-nl-ahyz] / ɪkˈstɜr nlˌaɪz /


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“The economic pain is worse, but Iran has found a way during the course of the war to externalize that pain,” Batmanghelidj said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

The unnamed protagonist, known in the scripts as “M,” was so complexly drawn that Weisz is now struggling to externalize the experience of playing her.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

“Your head’s not for managing, reminding, prioritizing. You need to externalize all that.”

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2023

But there are certain people that become so frenzied around human beings that are compelled to externalize their inner life, and there’s a jealousy thing that drives people crazy.

From Seattle Times • May 25, 2022

“That’s what I mean. You have to tell me everything, externalize it all for me, so I can write it.”

From "The River" by Gary Paulsen




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