derivative 1 of 2

as in secondary
taken or created from something original or basic a derivative style taken from earlier painters

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derivative

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noun

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Adjective
With liquid staking, once the original token is staked, a derivative Liquid Staking Token (LST) of the same value as the original staked token is issued and can be then re-staked in the DeFi ecosystem for further incentives. Lawrence Wintermeyer, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025 On March 1, President Trump launched a Section 232 trade investigation for lumber, timber, and derivative products such as cabinets to save these great American industries. Daniel R. Depetris, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
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UniCredit has built a surprise stake in Commerzbank of 28% since September through derivatives and has the European Central Bank’s authorization to hold up to 29.9% in the lender. Ruxandra Iordache, CNBC, 11 June 2025 The majority of synthetic overdose deaths in the US involve fentanyl or fentanyl derivatives. Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 5 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for derivative
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Adjective
  • There’s also the risk of secondary toxicity if a mole comes to the surface, dies, and is eaten by a raptor or other predator.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 21 June 2025
  • Ideally, this wouldn’t involve adding just one top-six winger this offseason, but rather adding several pieces to revamp the club’s secondary scoring support up and down the lineup.
    Harman Dayal, New York Times, 21 June 2025
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  • And since the derivation of it was ‘100 men versus a gorilla’ ...
    Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2025
  • Prior advancements all came with some sort of asterisk, though; for example, the derivations involved only worked on short timescales, in a vacuum or under other simplifying conditions.
    Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 14 Apr. 2025
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  • Coinbase bought a crypto derivates exchange, Deribit, for $2.9 billion .
    Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 16 May 2025
  • With unique enough lore and a unique style, Saxon avoids making a derivate fable.
    Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 27 Jan. 2025

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“Derivative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/derivative. Accessed 26 Jun. 2025.

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