as in derivation
something that naturally develops or is developed from something else
hydrogen is one by-product of that chemical reaction
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Recent Examples of by-product
Recycling Whey Into Unique Spirits Liquid whey, a by-product of cheesemaking, is a burden for most cheesemakers, with billions of pounds produced in the U.S. each year - a 9:1 ratio with the amount of cheese made.
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Claudia Alarcón, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
But such speculation is an inevitable by-product of success.
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
Toxic by-products and environmental devastation would ensue.
—Damon Beres, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2025
Mental mistakes are often a natural by-product of a flexible, adaptive mind.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
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Claudia Alarcón, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
But such speculation is an inevitable by-product of success.
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
Toxic by-products and environmental devastation would ensue.
—Damon Beres, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2025
Mental mistakes are often a natural by-product of a flexible, adaptive mind.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for by-product
Noun
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The new proof broadly consists of three steps: derive the macroscopic theory from the mesoscopic one; derive the mesoscopic theory from the microscopic one; and then stitch them together in a single derivation of the macroscopic laws all the way from the microscopic ones.—
Jack Murtagh,
Scientific American,
14 Apr. 2025
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The chances are that language switching isn’t necessarily active for the chain-of-thought derivations.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
15 Jan. 2025
Noun
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For the past six years, Two Prime, an SEC-Registered Investment Advisor, has operated as one of the largest digital asset derivatives firms in the world by volume.—
Alexander S. Blume,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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These equations contain one or more derivatives and can indicate how the number of morphogens per cell changes.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
16 Apr. 2025
Noun
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With unique enough lore and a unique style, Saxon avoids making a derivate fable.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2025
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This, combined with new and streamlined venues for retail investors to participate in the growing demand for a variety of spot, derivate, and synthetic funds and indices is set to continue push crypto ETF access to new heights.—
Lawrence Wintermeyer,
Forbes,
17 Oct. 2024
Noun
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The result is a string of entrepreneurial successes that continues to reverberate across some of the most critical areas of the 21st-century business landscape.—
Jon Stojan,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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Both Microsoft and Meta will report quarterly results after the bell Wednesday. — CNBC’s Sean Conlon, Pia Singh, Alex Harring, Jesse Pound, Kevin Breuninger, Annie Palmer, Jordan Novet, Jonathan Vanian and Amelia Lucas contributed to this report.—
Josephine Rozzelle,
CNBC,
30 Apr. 2025
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Thanks to hemp products being federally legal through the 2018 Farm Bill, Tilray sells its hemp beverages across 13 states in the U.S., with its biggest markets in Minnesota, Florida and Texas.—
Will Yakowicz,
Forbes.com,
4 May 2025
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All products featured on Glamour are independently selected by our editors.—
Glamour,
Glamour,
4 May 2025
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“By-product.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/by-product. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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