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

It’s hard for them to survey the more intangible externalities of Pride, such as a surge in local restaurant bookings, bottled-water sales, or even temporary job creation.

From Slate • Jun. 2, 2025

Advocates of true cost accounting assert that its more nuanced approach will address shortcomings in traditional cost-benefit analysis – particularly, failing to consider social and health externalities in depth.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2024

“The negative externalities of generative AI will be a critical topic for debate in 2024,” Havemeyer said.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2024

The externalities of the mediaeval church impressed him, whatever was picturesque in its ceremonies or august in its power.

From A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)