exogenous

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Then an exogenous shock to the system happens and access to capital closes as stock prices fall and credit spreads widen.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

“I think the battleship is sort of an exogenous introduction that reflects, you know, what Secretary Phelan and the president wanted to do, rather than what the analysis shows,” Clark said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

“That’s now exogenous; it isn’t going to change for a while,” he says.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

For patients with severe cases that are difficult to control with exogenous insulin, doctors can perform islet cell transplants, which include beta cells.

From Science Daily • Mar. 2, 2026

Any exogenous control, or environmental variable, can be looked on simply as a timing oscillator.

From The Breeding Birds of Kansas by Johnston, Richard F.