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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 deriving
Specifically, Larsson was searching for dentalium shells—the long, tubular shells deriving from dentaliums, a type of marine mollusk.
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Christian Allaire, Vogue, 13 Oct. 2025
In the years since, Wickelgren, Kass and others have reframed a host of other enumerative problems using motivic homotopy theory, deriving the relevant quadratic forms in various number systems.
—Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 26 Sep. 2025
About half of the company’s sales are direct-to-consumer, deriving from the stores as well as Rails’ e-commerce site.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 22 Sep. 2025
The underlying metrics were also robust, with a significant portion of revenue deriving from subscriptions, which ensure stable, recurring cash flow.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Pollen is naturally released in bulk from seed-producing plants, and deriving paper from it requires only a few simple steps.
—Sandy Ong, JSTOR Daily, 11 Sep. 2025
Christian Allaire, Vogue, 13 Oct. 2025
In the years since, Wickelgren, Kass and others have reframed a host of other enumerative problems using motivic homotopy theory, deriving the relevant quadratic forms in various number systems.
—Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 26 Sep. 2025
About half of the company’s sales are direct-to-consumer, deriving from the stores as well as Rails’ e-commerce site.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 22 Sep. 2025
The underlying metrics were also robust, with a significant portion of revenue deriving from subscriptions, which ensure stable, recurring cash flow.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Pollen is naturally released in bulk from seed-producing plants, and deriving paper from it requires only a few simple steps.
—Sandy Ong, JSTOR Daily, 11 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deriving
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For executives rallying employees around strategy or transformation, understanding these perceptions is critical.—
Jason Del Rey,
Fortune,
15 Oct. 2025
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The findings mark a crucial advance in understanding how human life begins, and how it might be repaired.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Oct. 2025
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Despite Schneider saying ahead of the game, Yesavage was a real option, the manager confirmed Saturday the rookie righty was never going to appear in the deciding fourth contest.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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With how charming the patterns are, deciding on just one can be just as hard as deciding on your china pattern for your wedding registry.—
Gabriela Izquierdo,
Southern Living,
11 Oct. 2025
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His real talent seemed to be inferring some of the more mundane details of my life.—
Webb Wright,
Scientific American,
18 Aug. 2025
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Like detectives reconstructing a crime scene or archaeologists inferring the entire shape of a pot from a minimal number of fragments, scholars of historical linguistics figure out the earlier forms that must have given rise to words in many different languages and connect the dots between them.—
Martha Barnette
August 6,
Literary Hub,
6 Aug. 2025
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Malcolm doesn’t take the rejection personally, deducing that Ellen is still grieving.—
Lincee Ray Published,
EW.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Udine, Italy Reuters — Thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched Tuesday in the northern Italian city of Udine before Italy’s World Cup soccer qualifier against Israel, concluding their mostly peaceful protest with clashes involving police.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
14 Oct. 2025
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As the concluding chapter of Wicked‘s big-screen adaptation approaches, Marissa Bode is opening up about how the movie does away with an ableist plot point.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
11 Oct. 2025
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