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Recent Examples of derivate While Apple shares were up more than 4% in trading Friday, all of the derivate plays were trading in the red. Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 1 May 2026 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
  • The third-largest source of derivatives on the Hub is not a frontier lab at all.
    Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Until those sanctions were terminated, the US agreed to issue waivers for the export of Iranian crude oil, petroleum products and derivatives.
    Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Many forms of divination have been practiced historically in Africa, but divination techniques found in Hoodoo have sometimes been of European derivation; for instance, Hoodoo frequently employs cartomancy, or divination using playing cards.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026
  • And woven into every page and at each chapter heading are gorgeous language derivations.
    The Know, Denver Post, 4 June 2026

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“Derivate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/derivate. Accessed 25 Aug. 2026.

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