as in derivations
something that naturally develops or is developed from something else
the whole field of industrial robots is a derivative of technology developed for the space program
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Recent Examples of derivatives
Leveraged ETFs use derivatives to provide daily returns double and even triple the return of certain indexes and stocks.
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Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 3 June 2026
Studies, including his, suggest that the chemical reactions that break down and construct glucose derivatives, which are normally associated with life, might have existed before the enzymes and genes that enable them in living cells.
—Siddhant Pusdekar, Quanta Magazine, 1 June 2026
When derivatives become the dominant venue for market expression, trading hours become less a convenience issue and more a structural one.
—Sean Lee, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Tretinoin, also known as all-trans retinoic acid, is a type of retinoid, a group of vitamin A derivatives that includes retinol.
—Emily Orofino, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2025
What To Know According to the comptroller, securities employment—relating to the buying and selling of financial instruments such as stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and derivatives—hit its highest annual level in at least three decades in 2024, reaching 201,500 workers.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
Because the substances are synthetic derivatives of a hemp product and not marijuana, state law does not cover its prohibition to anyone.
—Jesse Wright, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2025
Individual investors have been net buyers of Tesla shares for 13 straight sessions through Thursday, pumping $8 billion into the stock, retail trading data from JPMorgan Chase’s global equity derivatives strategist Emma Wu shows.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2025
Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 3 June 2026
Studies, including his, suggest that the chemical reactions that break down and construct glucose derivatives, which are normally associated with life, might have existed before the enzymes and genes that enable them in living cells.
—Siddhant Pusdekar, Quanta Magazine, 1 June 2026
When derivatives become the dominant venue for market expression, trading hours become less a convenience issue and more a structural one.
—Sean Lee, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Tretinoin, also known as all-trans retinoic acid, is a type of retinoid, a group of vitamin A derivatives that includes retinol.
—Emily Orofino, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2025
What To Know According to the comptroller, securities employment—relating to the buying and selling of financial instruments such as stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and derivatives—hit its highest annual level in at least three decades in 2024, reaching 201,500 workers.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
Because the substances are synthetic derivatives of a hemp product and not marijuana, state law does not cover its prohibition to anyone.
—Jesse Wright, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2025
Individual investors have been net buyers of Tesla shares for 13 straight sessions through Thursday, pumping $8 billion into the stock, retail trading data from JPMorgan Chase’s global equity derivatives strategist Emma Wu shows.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for derivatives
derivations
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Large Language Models often struggle with precise derivations and calculations in theoretical physics, sometimes exhibiting inconsistent reasoning.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
22 Mar. 2026
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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
Cite this Entry
“Derivatives.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/derivatives. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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