externalize
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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 agribusiness system has relied on the ability to externalize these costs to downstream communities," said Tom Zimnicki, the Agricultural & Restoration Policy Director for the Alliance for the Great Lakes.
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2022
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
Flahive: There’s something about being forced to externalize things and literalize things that actually made certain things feel bigger in a way that was exciting and allowed you to be a little bit more playful.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 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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Phthalate exposure is just one way the plastics industry externalizes harms.
From Salon ● Feb. 9, 2024
Gorbis also developed a “crooked mirror” that exaggerates patients’ distortions, which externalizes the distorted self-image.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2023
Berry externalizes Jackie’s depressive state through her shaky camera and desaturated color palette.
From New York Times ● Nov. 25, 2021
He externalizes blame and sees himself as wronged.
From Slate ● Jun. 28, 2016
It is the sight that externalizes the ‘meaty’ eye.
From Carmen Ariza by Charles Francis Stocking
However, the moment the democracy debate becomes externalized, many Indians become irritated and end up closing ranks against “outsiders.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 20, 2023
This is the price tag of externalized costs and public subsidies.
From Salon ● Jan. 8, 2023
When I needed to, I externalized my reasons—how it would upend the lives of my husband, my family, my friends.
From Slate ● May 18, 2022
He’s made a film where one man’s internal strife has been effectively externalized as an inescapable, picturesque purgatory.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2022
Here was her humanity externalized, and all her longing—for freedom, from disgust, from the confines of her metal cage.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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Much of the current research focuses on depression, while other important outcomes such as anxiety, stress, externalizing behaviors, self-esteem and aggression have received far less attention.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 29, 2026
Cam’s confusion is represented by externalizing his inner voice into a double, “the angel on my shoulder and, honestly, sometimes the devil,” with whom he argues, like a difficult imaginary friend.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025
“A Fantastic Woman” is still a movie that is externalizing a trans experience, because why is she a fantastic woman?
From Salon ● Feb. 24, 2025
“Boeing has gleaned billions of dollars in profits over the past several decades partly through externalizing its waste disposal costs by dumping wastes into the Lower Duwamish River,” the Port said in its claim.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 24, 2023
Mary was no more given to externalizing her emotions than he.
From The Eagle's Heart by Hamlin Garland
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