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

From Seattle Times • Dec. 28, 2022

The externality that’s unique to corn and soy is the obesity and disease that result from eating way too many foods that contain the industrial ingredients derived from them.

From Washington Post • Nov. 1, 2022

So conceived the doctrine of external relations appears to be rather the doctrine of complete externality of things.

From Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude by Bode, Boyd H.




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