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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

In the language of economics, the decision imposes an externality on the nation, which is exactly the kind of decision that states alone should not be making for other states.

From Slate ● Dec. 20, 2023

“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

For purposes of action it is the externality of things that matters.

From Monophysitism Past and Present A Study in Christology by A. A. (Arthur Aston) Luce

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

The externalities that never made it into the press releases.

From Salon ● Dec. 28, 2025

It’s hard for them to survey the more intangible externalities of Pride, such as a surge in local restaurant bookings, bottled-water sales, or even temporary job creation.

From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2025

The new poets deepened this feeling, stripped it of all externalities, and appeared before the adored simply as lovers.

From The Evolution of Love by Ellie Schleussner


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