externality
noun
the state or quality of being external to or outside someone or something; the fact of being outer, outward, or on the surface.
externalities
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pluralof externality.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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How do you think about the potential externalities of AI, such as unemployment?
From Barron's ● Apr. 7, 2026
But those events tend to be intrinsic to business rather than externalities such as White House maneuvers or geopolitics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2026
Preparation for these varying externalities requires supply-chain middlemen and product sellers to anticipate consequential cost increases down the line—and implement them sooner than later, in order to cover their margins.
From Slate ● Jun. 17, 2024
In traditional economics-speak, hidden costs are known as externalities – spillover effects from production that are caused by one party but paid for by another.
From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2024
The new poets deepened this feeling, stripped it of all externalities, and appeared before the adored simply as lovers.
From The Evolution of Love by Ellie Schleussner
