as in derivative
something that naturally develops or is developed from something else
the noun is a derivation of a much earlier verb
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Recent Examples of derivation
Five years after he was killed, in response to political unrest, the government increased the derivation fund to 13 percent for oil-producing states.
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Noo Saro-Wiwa,
The Dial,
24 Mar. 2026
Large Language Models often struggle with precise derivations and calculations in theoretical physics, sometimes exhibiting inconsistent reasoning.
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Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
22 Mar. 2026
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.
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John Lopez,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Oct. 2025
Whether numbers, systems of equations, derivations or geometric objects, everything should spring from a few basic assumptions.
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Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
9 May 2025
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Noo Saro-Wiwa,
The Dial,
24 Mar. 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
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
Whether numbers, systems of equations, derivations or geometric objects, everything should spring from a few basic assumptions.
—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
9 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for derivation
Recent Examples of Synonyms for derivation
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Much of that blame was leveled by critics who accused Greenspan of keeping interest rates too low and encouraging the housing bubble and failing to recognize the risks of certain financial derivatives that perpetuated the 2008 financial crisis.
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Leveraged ETFs use derivatives to give investors two-times, sometimes even three-times, exposure to a stock or a sector.
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While Apple shares were up more than 4% in trading Friday, all of the derivate plays were trading in the red.
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With unique enough lore and a unique style, Saxon avoids making a derivate fable.
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“Derivation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/derivation. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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