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externality

[ek-ster-nal-i-tee] / ˌɛk stərˈnæl ɪ ti /


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Most people think of money as a macro phenomenon or externality.

From MarketWatch May 12, 2026

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

From Science Daily May 22, 2024

“We create prosperous and exclusive communities, but in so doing also create neighborhoods with concentrated despair — the externality of stockpiled opportunity.”

From Seattle Times Sep. 22, 2023

Our society has accepted these costs, he said — but with this stop sign camera, the District has charged for the externality in the hope of eliminating it.

From Washington Post May 31, 2022

This externality can pervert his action and bring to light something else than lay in it.

From Hegel's Philosophy of Mind by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

How do you think about the potential externalities of AI, such as unemployment?

From Barron's Apr. 7, 2026

But those events tend to be intrinsic to business rather than externalities such as White House maneuvers or geopolitics.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 6, 2026

Preparation for these varying externalities requires supply-chain middlemen and product sellers to anticipate consequential cost increases down the line—and implement them sooner than later, in order to cover their margins.

From Slate Jun. 17, 2024

True cost accounting seeks to make those externalities visible.

From Salon Feb. 28, 2024

Such trivialities and externalities invested her with glamour.

From Simon Eichelkatz; The Patriarch Two Stories of Jewish Life by Ulrich Frank




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