derivations

plural of derivation

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Recent Examples of derivations 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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derivatives
Noun
  • Many big shareholders use robo-voting, automatically following proxy advisors' advice without doing their own analysis, said Rose, who once worked as an assistant derivatives trader at Citibank in New York before attending law school.
    Alex Harring, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Sugar alcohols are derivatives of sugar that have been chemically changed.
    Brittany Lubeck, Verywell Health, 22 Oct. 2025

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“Derivations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/derivations. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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