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

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

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

The effect, barring some history-altering exogenous circumstance, has almost certainly been to push the war’s conclusion further into the future.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 1, 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

This is exogenous growth, or outside-growing, as the name denotes.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa