direct product
noun
: cartesian product
especially
: a group that is the Cartesian product of two other groups
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These absurd physical transformations are a direct product of our control over chicken’s genetics and environment.
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
The results are clear: Chicago’s housing supply crisis is a direct product of the City Council’s failure to acknowledge that building more housing creates jobs and increases our tax base to pay for our schools, parks and ever-increasing city debt.
—Miguel Chacon, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025
For one thing, the foreign direct product rule can extend Washington’s jurisdiction only to where there is a U.S. technology hook—for example, the presence of a U.S. chip or a foreign chip made with U.S. technology.
—Nikita Lalwani, Foreign Affairs, 15 Apr. 2025
Either way, the pivot is a direct product of the second Trump era and mirrors the president’s own trajectory with the United States government.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 28 Feb. 2025
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
The results are clear: Chicago’s housing supply crisis is a direct product of the City Council’s failure to acknowledge that building more housing creates jobs and increases our tax base to pay for our schools, parks and ever-increasing city debt.
—Miguel Chacon, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025
For one thing, the foreign direct product rule can extend Washington’s jurisdiction only to where there is a U.S. technology hook—for example, the presence of a U.S. chip or a foreign chip made with U.S. technology.
—Nikita Lalwani, Foreign Affairs, 15 Apr. 2025
Either way, the pivot is a direct product of the second Trump era and mirrors the president’s own trajectory with the United States government.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 28 Feb. 2025
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“Direct product.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/direct%20product. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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