Thesaurus results for DERIVING

deriving

verb

present participle of derive

as in understanding

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 deriving The very legitimacy of deriving general principles from the particulars of experience can never be established from experience without already having the principle in hand. —

Christopher Beha, New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2026 Large language models represent the first technology capable of analyzing, contextualizing and deriving insights from this avalanche of information. —

Sahar Hashmi, Forbes.com, 25 Jan. 2026 Resolve this by walking your own path (literally) and deriving support from people who are capable of caring about you. —

Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 5 Dec. 2025 Thomas is charged with human trafficking, while Robertson is charged with human trafficking, transporting a person from out of state into the state for human trafficking, branding in relation to human trafficking, deriving support from proceeds of prostitution, and battery. —

Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 25 Nov. 2025 In Brazil, Funk Brasilero, a genre deriving from the favelas and peripheries of major cities, has been around for a decade or more now, but deserves to expand beyond the country. —

Rosamaria Garces, Billboard, 24 Nov. 2025 Miami is deriving the least offense from picks of any team over the last 15 seasons, per Sportradar. —

Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 21 Nov. 2025 After deriving the i-riddled equation — essentially the law of motion for quantum entities — Erwin Schrödinger expressed the hope that it would be replaced by an entirely real version. —

Daniel Garisto, Quanta Magazine, 7 Nov. 2025 The third touchdown is still the most telling, deriving purely from a relationship between quarterback and receiver. —

Kansas City Star, 31 Oct. 2025

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Vera Rubin, an astronomer whose observations of galaxy rotation curves in the 1970s provided the first robust evidence for dark matter's existence, embraced her Jewish faith as a guide to understanding her role in the universe.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Mar. 2026
Preparation means understanding your client’s business, their operational needs, and their financial guardrails.

— Allen Buchanan, Oc Register, 28 Mar. 2026