by-products

variants or byproducts
plural of by-product

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of by-products These toxins include industrial solvents such as dioxins — dangerous chemicals created as by-products during manufacturing — as well as pesticides and some plastics. Tom Frieden, Big Think, 30 Sep. 2025 Collisions between the missing matter and other debris can completely knock the collisions’ by-products into different orbits. IEEE Spectrum, 30 Sep. 2025 At the same time, soot, spatter, and other by-products are continuously extracted through a dedicated outlet, ensuring a cleaner build environment and higher part integrity. Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025 Spacial designer Caroline Chao will present the Roll-Up Chair, a work that was originally commissioned by G-Star and is made entirely by-products from construction and fashion industries. Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 28 Aug. 2025 The first synthetic dye was a shade of mauve, invented in the mid-nineteenth century from by-products of coal processing. Shayla Love, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for by-products
derivatives
Noun
  • Eventually, Tesla officials promised that more affordable EVs would arrive in the form of derivatives of its existing cars, but surely the world was hoping for something more than manual side-view mirrors.
    Patrick George, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The argument that crypto has no fundamental value is based on the view that other assets—stocks, bonds, cash, property, or derivatives thereof—usually entitle holders to an underlying right, such as dividends, interest, land, or other legal rights.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2025

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“By-products.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/by-products. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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