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The credit-rating firm S&P Global said in a March 6 report that the U.A.E’s “substantial fiscal, economic, external, and policy flexibility will act as an effective buffer” against the war’s economic effects.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

Instead of relying on a bulk gas, this approach focuses on how atoms in a chain respond collectively to an external field.

From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 2026

“Any entity capable of causing the universe,” says narrator Stephen Meyer, a philosopher of science, “must be external to, or separate from, the universe itself. It must . . . transcend time and space.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

One ticket showed, external the match would have taken place at Wembley Stadium during a midweek, with a kick-off time of 19:30 BST, but United went on to win the title by four points.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

It seemed to her that in her external bearing she had succeeded only in deceiving Mrs. Shigemura; inwardly she knew her aspiration for worldly happiness was frighteningly irresistible.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson