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
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.
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Alex Harring, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025
Sugar alcohols are derivatives of sugar that have been chemically changed.
—Brittany Lubeck, Verywell Health, 22 Oct. 2025
Eventually, Tesla officials promised that more affordable EVs would arrive in the form of derivatives of its existing cars, but surely the world was hoping for something more than manual side-view mirrors.
—Patrick George, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025
The argument that crypto has no fundamental value is based on the view that other assets—stocks, bonds, cash, property, or derivatives thereof—usually entitle holders to an underlying right, such as dividends, interest, land, or other legal rights.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2025
Crypto derivatives remain prohibited for retail investors, acknowledging that leveraged products create additional risks unsuitable for most customers.
—Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Trump previously imposed national security tariffs on steel and aluminum and derivatives, light-duty autos and parts, and copper.
—Reuters, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
Researchers have also pointed out that the team is also exploring the use of punicin derivatives for recovering other lithium EnAMs, such as lithium manganates, as well as valuable minerals like copper or tantalum.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2025
One of the main active derivatives of vitamin A, retinoic acid, impacts hair health and growth.
—Laura Schober, Health, 25 Sep. 2025
Alex Harring, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025
Sugar alcohols are derivatives of sugar that have been chemically changed.
—Brittany Lubeck, Verywell Health, 22 Oct. 2025
Eventually, Tesla officials promised that more affordable EVs would arrive in the form of derivatives of its existing cars, but surely the world was hoping for something more than manual side-view mirrors.
—Patrick George, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025
The argument that crypto has no fundamental value is based on the view that other assets—stocks, bonds, cash, property, or derivatives thereof—usually entitle holders to an underlying right, such as dividends, interest, land, or other legal rights.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2025
Crypto derivatives remain prohibited for retail investors, acknowledging that leveraged products create additional risks unsuitable for most customers.
—Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Trump previously imposed national security tariffs on steel and aluminum and derivatives, light-duty autos and parts, and copper.
—Reuters, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
Researchers have also pointed out that the team is also exploring the use of punicin derivatives for recovering other lithium EnAMs, such as lithium manganates, as well as valuable minerals like copper or tantalum.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2025
One of the main active derivatives of vitamin A, retinoic acid, impacts hair health and growth.
—Laura Schober, Health, 25 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for derivatives
derivations
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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
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“Derivatives.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/derivatives. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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