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to form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information
from the summit, he was able to derive his location from the position of several prominent landmarks
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Recent Examples of derived
Some of it derived from organisms in the soil in which they were buried.
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Ari Daniel, NPR, 24 Oct. 2025
Dark corn syrup, which is derived from corn, can be used in a pinch but won’t yield the same crisp texture.
—Jenavieve Christensen, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Oct. 2025
Coming from the Orinoco Basin in South America, groups of agriculturalists settled in villages in the western and eastern parts of the Caribbean, speaking languages derived from the language family known as Arawakan.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
Just like the blueberry milk, milky rose, and matcha latte nails that came before it, the name is derived from the shade used to achieve the look.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 18 Oct. 2025
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Ari Daniel, NPR, 24 Oct. 2025
Dark corn syrup, which is derived from corn, can be used in a pinch but won’t yield the same crisp texture.
—Jenavieve Christensen, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Oct. 2025
Coming from the Orinoco Basin in South America, groups of agriculturalists settled in villages in the western and eastern parts of the Caribbean, speaking languages derived from the language family known as Arawakan.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
Just like the blueberry milk, milky rose, and matcha latte nails that came before it, the name is derived from the shade used to achieve the look.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 18 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for derived
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Each storm sparked a wave of scientific inquiry, until, in the early twentieth century, scientists finally understood why electrifying societies had grown precariously vulnerable to environmental upheavals on the Sun.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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In moments of crisis, children (and adults) need to feel seen, heard and understood.—
Dr. Theresa T. Nguyen,
Boston Herald,
26 Oct. 2025
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Zettel then decided renting a hotel room for the night would be too expensive and let her daughter sleep in her car instead.—
David Clarey,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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After struggling to get pregnant again, the couple decided to expand their family through surrogacy.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
26 Oct. 2025
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Thursday’s news might only be the tip of the iceberg, Porter inferred.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
25 Oct. 2025
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The study didn’t dive into why new apartments were safer but it could be inferred that modern apartments come with modern safety measures, Horowitz said.—
Desiree Mathurin,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Sep. 2025
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By seeing Earth spinning and orbiting, satellites and space telescopes have confirmed what astronomers have long deduced.—
Nilakshi Veerabathina,
The Conversation,
22 Sep. 2025
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As Australians, much like everyone else, have 1-4% Neanderthal DNA in their genes, researchers logically deduced that hominins couldn’t have arrived any time before that, which would call into question a fundamental belief concerning human migration.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Aug. 2025
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Research is ongoing and is being headed by the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) and directed by Manuel Pérez Rivas, a press release concluded.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Oct. 2025
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The delicate investigation at the site of the plant has concluded, but determining a cause could take months more, said Brice McCracken, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ special agent in charge at the National Center for Explosives Training and Research.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Derived.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/derived. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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