externality

Example Sentences

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"In economics, we call that externality," she said.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2024

In short, electric vehicle production just doesn’t look like a network externality business.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 28, 2022

“For a negative externality like climate, carrots are always going to be more expensive than sticks,” says Roberton Williams III, a University of Maryland environmental economist.

From Washington Post • Nov. 1, 2021

But each of them—roadway safety, air pollution, and infrastructure—is an externality we can see coming a mile away and deal with accordingly.

From Slate • May 21, 2021

Their relation is not in the mind but in themselves, a real externality.

From The Religious Sentiment Its Source and Aim: A Contribution to the Science and Philosophy of Religion by Brinton, Daniel Garrison