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exogenous

[ek-soj-uh-nuhs] / ɛkˈsɒdʒ ə nəs /
ADJECTIVE
derived externally
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“That’s now exogenous; it isn’t going to change for a while,” he says.

From Barron's Apr. 3, 2026

It doesn’t foretell exogenous shocks, but many successful traders watch such measures of so-called market internals along with fundamentals.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 11, 2026

He said while the company absorbed an exogenous shock linked to tariffs, which “disproportionately affecting ad spend from our top retail advertisers, this quarter also underscored where we need to move faster.”

From MarketWatch Feb. 13, 2026

"On our own analysis, the 'extra' cases serve to underline rather than undermine this aspect of the phenomena that are said to be distinctive in those cases of administration of exogenous insulin," they concluded.

From BBC Jun. 26, 2025

Palms, unlike exogenous trees, afford no evidence by which their age may be determined.

From The Cocoanut With reference to its products and cultivation in the Philippines by William S. (Scrugham) Lyon



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