extrinsic

Example Sentences

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She decided to opt out of the 2020 season because her extrinsic asthma put her in the high-risk category.

From Washington Post

In the real world, the contents of another's consciousness are inferable only from their actions — encased behind bone, minds are invisible, and humans are forced to live looking at the "extrinsic perspective" of the world.

From Salon

Similarly, if the extrinsic factors go away — maybe you lose weight or decide you don’t care anymore about the number on your scale — then the motivation to exercise likely disappears as well.

From Washington Post

Charles didn’t play in 2020 after receiving a medical exemption for the preexisting condition of extrinsic asthma.

From Washington Post

Yet its drama is largely extrinsic: Even if this year’s regionals could be held in public, most observers would find them inscrutable.

From Los Angeles Times