by-products

variants or byproducts
plural of by-product

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Recent Examples of by-products Take Root Bio and Heriot-Watt are investigating whether similar techniques could be applied to other food and agricultural by-products, including waste from fruit and vegetable processing. — New Atlas, 3 Oct. 2026 Millions more have died from the by-products of those conflicts, according to Brown University’s Costs of War project, on top of untold injuries. — Robin Wright, New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2026 In the team’s demonstration, the CO2 reacted with the industrial by-products to form high-purity calcite. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2026 Coir, a fibrous material made from by-products of coconut husks; it is often used as a substitute for peat. — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 29 May 2026 New in-line measurement technologies enable tracking of substrates, by-products and metabolites continuously, inside the reactor, without pulling samples. — Hamid Noori, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026 Israel claimed responsibility for the strikes on the South Pars petrochemical complex in Asaluyeh, a key site for Iran's energy sector, both for production of petroleum by-products and for joint work with Qatar on the world's largest natural gas field. — Lucia I Suarez Sang, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026 These included an ice-cream parlor, souvenir shops, and homes repurposed into Airbnbs—all by-products of a growing tourism industry on Fogo. — Akash Kapur, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2026 Penny and Ghazarian hired their own industrial hygienist, who concluded the property needed to be decontaminated of heavy metals and other combustion by-products. — Tony Saavedra, Daily News, 5 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for by-products
Noun
  • Deutsch notes that the city’s financial system is built around tools to enable hedging one’s bets, such as the derivatives, futures, and options traded at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
    — Mark Caro, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Phytochemistry Butterfly pea contains several flavonol (polyphenol) compounds, notable among which are kaempferol, quercetin, myricetin, and their derivatives.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • And woven into every page and at each chapter heading are gorgeous language derivations.
    — The Know, Denver Post, 4 June 2026
  • Large Language Models often struggle with precise derivations and calculations in theoretical physics, sometimes exhibiting inconsistent reasoning.
    — Paul Sutter, Space.com, 22 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Marble bathrooms have pricey Le Labo products and my signature sea view studio suite had a free-standing bath almost big enough to swim in, plus a bath pillow and wooden bath rack with space to hold a wine glass.
    — Siobhan Grogan, TheWeek, 12 Oct. 2026
  • The Lyst Index, a ranking of fashion’s hottest brands and products online, had Saint Laurent in its top five for the last 10 quarters.
    — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026

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“By-products.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/by-products. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.

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