external ear
Americannoun
noun
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Median pay for working-age graduates rose to £42,000 in 2024, ahead of the £30,500 earned by non-graduates - though this data does not account for external factors, like prior academic attainment.
From BBC • Jun. 15, 2026
The pound is likely to trade on external factors Thursday, Monex Europe said, pointing to Friday GDP figures as the next domestic catalyst.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
He also said that retail prices generally don’t immediately rise in response to external factors.
From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026
"In the real world, we're making decisions and solving problems in complex, noisy, dynamic environments. To better mirror human developmental learning, we need to account for these external factors," says Dr. Queißer.
From Science Daily • Jan. 28, 2026
Their thinking goes like this: since I control the car, I am the one keeping myself safe; since I have no control of the airplane, I am at the mercy of myriad external factors.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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