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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
Mediheal's Madecassoside Blemish Pads are infused with madecassoside—a soothing compound derived from Centella asiatica—to calm active breakouts, reduce redness, and help stressed skin recover faster.
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Christa Joanna Lee,
Allure,
19 June 2026
And Crystal and April Peairs discovered an allergic reaction to — of all things — toilet paper, some of which contains gelatin derived from mammals.
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CBS News,
19 June 2026
The app automatically filters content using quality scores derived from user behavior, so better-quality content is likely to rise to the top, whereas poor-quality content fades away.
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Jill Duffy,
PC Magazine,
17 June 2026
Industry experts caution that aggregates derived from coal waste currently represent only a tiny sliver of China’s annual consumption.
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Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
15 June 2026
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Christa Joanna Lee,
Allure,
19 June 2026
And Crystal and April Peairs discovered an allergic reaction to — of all things — toilet paper, some of which contains gelatin derived from mammals.
—
CBS News,
19 June 2026
The app automatically filters content using quality scores derived from user behavior, so better-quality content is likely to rise to the top, whereas poor-quality content fades away.
—
Jill Duffy,
PC Magazine,
17 June 2026
Industry experts caution that aggregates derived from coal waste currently represent only a tiny sliver of China’s annual consumption.
—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
15 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for derived
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Many of us have long understood that putting your country’s main creative engine inside a techno-dominant machine was probably never going to end well for creativity.
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For reasons that aren't yet fully understood, the results sometimes differ from previous events.
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Without a staff, and also faced with electrical issues, Robertson and two cousins decided to temporarily close the restaurant’s doors on May 12.
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Gerrit Cole was originally lined up to start Sunday, but the Yankees decided to give their ace — and the rest of the rotation — an extra day of rest amid a stretch of 16 consecutive games without an off-day.
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Two people visiting the same platform at the same moment may see different prices, different bundles, different urgency signals calibrated to what the system has inferred about their willingness to pay.
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That means capability isn’t inferred only from a course completed, a credential earned, or a manager’s once-a-year assessment.
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In other words, there’s not much to be deduced here, unlike the extensive notes which accompanied the release of AirPods Pro 3 last fall.
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Knowing the entire sequence — the order of all 3 billion or so of our DNA’s chemical building blocks, nearly fully deduced by the international Human Genome Project between 1990 and 2003 — hasn’t helped much.
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In a report made public on Monday, the National Institute of Standards and Technology concluded the partial collapse of Champlain Towers South was triggered in early June 2021 when two connections between garage columns and the condominium’s pool deck failed.
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The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), aka the UK’s data protection watchdog, has now concluded a two-year investigation into the incident and has found that sensitive personal information was indeed deliberately misused.
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“Derived.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/derived. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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