as in derivative
something that naturally develops or is developed from something else
a cuisine that is regarded by some as a derivate of creole cookery
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Recent Examples of derivate
Deutsche Börse, which runs the Frankfurt Stock Exchange from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. local time five days a week for derivates and structured products, echoed Euronext.
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Ganesh Rao,jenni Reid, CNBC, 22 July 2025
With unique enough lore and a unique style, Saxon avoids making a derivate fable.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 27 Jan. 2025
The weed contains two psoralen derivates that can darken sick upon exposure to UV light.
—Ars Technica, 27 Nov. 2024
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
Ganesh Rao,jenni Reid, CNBC, 22 July 2025
With unique enough lore and a unique style, Saxon avoids making a derivate fable.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 27 Jan. 2025
The weed contains two psoralen derivates that can darken sick upon exposure to UV light.
—Ars Technica, 27 Nov. 2024
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for derivate
Noun
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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
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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
Noun
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Silicon Valley dreamt up poor derivations of past cautionary tales and created a monoculture of exploitative social media feeds and predatory data-hungry apps that birthed Orwell’s surveillance state.—
John Lopez,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Oct. 2025
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Bose found a stronger mathematical derivation of Planck’s law.—
Matt von Hippel,
Quanta Magazine,
23 June 2025
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“Derivate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/derivate. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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