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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

He was so far from having quelled the phantom “thing in itself,” that he treated matter in space as such a thing, and thus confused externality of space with externality to the mind.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various

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

From Barron's Apr. 7, 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

“The negative externalities of generative AI will be a critical topic for debate in 2024,” Havemeyer said.

From Seattle Times Feb. 16, 2024

You are not asked for the realities of manliness or womanliness, but for the shadows, the arbitrary externalities, the fashions of which change from generation to generation.

From Prose Fancies (Second Series) by Le Gallienne, Richard




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