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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

In short, electric vehicle production just doesn’t look like a network externality business.

From Seattle Times Dec. 28, 2022

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

Here Tieck has taken an externality of the description and has given it a point.

From Tieck's Essay on the Boydell Shakspere Gallery by George Henry Danton

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

From Barron's Apr. 7, 2026

The externalities that never made it into the press releases.

From Salon Dec. 28, 2025

Analysts think environmental externalities may come under greater scrutiny for waste-to-energy projects selling offsets as the global carbon market evolves beyond the Clean Development Mechanism to a new U.N.-run program.

From Seattle Times Dec. 5, 2023

If timber construction remains a high-end product, that’s both because it’s relatively new—and because the externalities of existing energy-guzzling construction are not properly priced.

From Slate Aug. 21, 2023

It is a sharp thrust at power that depends on externalities.

From Poems Every Child Should Know The What-Every-Child-Should-Know-Library by Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth) Burt




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