How to Use derivative in a Sentence

derivative

1 of 2 noun

• Tofu is one of many soybean derivatives.
• Petroleum is a derivative of coal tar.
• The red pepper derivatives can cause swelling and irritation of the eyes, nose, and lungs.
  — Cameron Evans, Outdoor Life, 6 July 2023
• And as with all things, sooner or later there’s a derivative of that thing.
  — Jeff Burkhart, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2024
• For a modern look, try mixing a pale warm blush pink (as a derivative of red) with touches of blue.
  — Carrie Goldberg, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 Oct. 2021
• The coconut derivative in this body wash is an emollient that helps condition the skin and heal any rough, dry areas of the skin.
  — Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 June 2022
• That surge was due in part to an influx of fentanyl, the opium derivative as much as 100 times stronger than morphine.
  — Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 1 Nov. 2022
• In these cases, people missed the change in the first derivative (that pesky Calculus thing).
  — Bob Haber, Forbes, 26 May 2022
• Benzoic acid, a derivative from tree bark, has a faint but fragrant smell.
  — Popular Science, 31 Aug. 2023
• The derivatives industry, home to some of the most profitable businesses in the city, is a tempting target to plug that gap.
  — Isis Almeida, Fortune, 18 Sep. 2023
• So did markets: The pound fell against the U.S. dollar and derivatives traders all but wrote off chances of further rate increases.
  — Jon Sindreu, WSJ, 21 Sep. 2023
• Just a month ago, derivatives markets expected the benchmark rate would fall to 3% by then.
  — WSJ, 26 May 2023
• Since all insulation is some derivative of glass, tiny bits of glass can stick to your skin, making your skin itchy.
  — Shivani Vyas, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 July 2021
• Still, even stock investors have begun to hedge their bets, buying derivatives that pay out if there were a sudden fall in the stock market in the coming months.
  — Joe Rennison, New York Times, 9 May 2023
• The fast dynamics of the derivative cancel out the slow dynamics of the integration and allow for a fast stop.
  — Kevin Hartnett, Quanta Magazine, 28 Nov. 2022
• France was among the earliest, prohibiting the production, sale, and usage of HHC and two of its derivatives in June 2023.
  — Dario Sabaghi, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
• Tying in the Nettuno derivative was key if the Gracale was to have any real gravitas.
  — Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 22 Mar. 2022
• Retinoids, a vitamin A derivative, help even skin tone, smoothen fine lines and wrinkles, treat acne, and unclog pores.
  — Madeleine Burry, Health, 19 Aug. 2023
• Big and small, long and short, every other product is a derivative of a Pelican case.
  — Matt Crisara, Popular Mechanics, 4 Oct. 2021
• While some places have embraced the use of cannabis derivatives, others have strict regulations in place.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 6 Aug. 2023
• This wasn’t 2008, when obscure products at the center of a labyrinthine Wall Street derivatives market turned out to be worthless and wound up ravaging the US housing market.
  — Allison Morrow, CNN, 26 Mar. 2023
• Ceramic cookware, on the other hand, is made of a sand derivative, which results in a slick, nonstick finish.
  — Kaitlin Vogel, Health, 25 Jan. 2024
• Salvator notes that more than two-thirds of papers about neural networks in the last two years dealt with transformers or their derivatives.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 14 Mar. 2023
• In the world of cannabis derivatives, Delta 8 has been making waves for its unique properties and potential benefits.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 4 July 2023
• The oddity is that the options market is supposed to be a derivative of the stock market (though this year volumes in the options market surpassed those in the stock market for the first time), not its master.
  — Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2021
• Now the plain-spoken, immaculately dressed former derivatives trader is about to be in charge of both.
  — Eliot Brown, WSJ, 29 Mar. 2023
• And investors might be taking to derivatives markets to hedge against the possibility of that scenario, which would likely be bad for the stock market.
  — Eric Wallerstein, WSJ, 14 June 2023
• Plastic resin, for example, is a derivative of crude oil used to create everyday items such as bottles, wires, and clothes.
  — Bryan Mena, CNN, 8 Apr. 2023
• According to a person close to the company, Coinbase plans to launch an offshore derivatives exchange in Bermuda as soon as next week.
  — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune Crypto, 19 Apr. 2023
• Isotretinoin is, in simplest terms, a derivative of vitamin A that effectively shuts down the sebaceous (a.k.a. oil) glands in skin.
  — Gabby Shacknai, Harper's BAZAAR, 25 Aug. 2022

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derivative

2 of 2 adjective

• A number of critics found the film derivative and predictable.
• His style seems too derivative of Hemingway.
• The nature of the derivative lawsuit makes the case unique.
  — Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 13 July 2022
• But Lee brings his own tone and style to the piece that keeps it from being derivative.
  — Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2022
• The first is that the gangster side of the series is plenty derivative as well.
  — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Nov. 2022
• But this doesn’t alter the fact that some of her work feels derivative.
  — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2023
• Yes, there will be a glut of new pop-punk in the next few years, and a lot of it will likely sound pretty derivative.
  — Justin Curto, Vulture, 21 Dec. 2021
• Part of this is due to the fact that Shadow and Bone is derivative as all get-out, and the series both knows it and revels in it.
  — Jenna Scherer, Rolling Stone, 21 May 2021
• That’s less true of works in the show that feel derivative and less original.
  — Steven Litt, cleveland, 12 Dec. 2021
• In that case, members of the group could be entitled to make derivative works (such as Valdez’s poster at the Hammer).
  — Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2023
• But in derivative lawsuits, the judge must sign off on the settlement.
  — Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 13 July 2022
• The agency has since explored how to increase transparency for the types of derivative bets that sank the firm.
  — Greg Farrell, Fortune, 27 May 2021
• But just how dark or bizarre or derivative might plays and books and movies and memes get now that Public Domain Pooh is fair game?
  — Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2022
• Whether Larson’s letter is derivative, in the end, may be up to a jury to decide.
  — New York Times, 5 Oct. 2021
• The copyright holder has the right to make derivative works from its original work.
  — David L. Craddock, Ars Technica, 8 Oct. 2022
• None of this is to say that Wordle is any less worthy for being derivative.
  — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2022
• The modest facelift doesn't do much to dress up the derivative side profile, however.
  — David Beard, Car and Driver, 4 May 2022
• SoftBank’s derivative share sale is not the first time that the relationship between Son and Ma has shown signs of strain.
  — Grady McGregor, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2022
• But through no fault of its own, other parts can’t help feeling derivative.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 16 Nov. 2021
• Children’s content on YouTube tends to be derivative in this way.
  — New York Times, 5 Jan. 2022
• Such is the scourge of dogs, man’s worst enemy (not to mention an egregiously derivative ripoff of wolves).
  — Craig Thomas, The New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2022
• So the basic question here is: Who owns those 1s and 0s that are being fed into the machine to create derivative works?
  — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2023
• It’s probably the most 2022 thing imaginable to take one adored show and reboot it in a way that feels derivative of at least a half-dozen other shows.
  — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Feb. 2022
• Strawberry girl was cute, if a bit derivative of 2022’s cold girl.
  — Kara McGrath, Allure, 1 Dec. 2023
• And to pull back the film’s own Pennywisian mask of derivative fright-making is to find nothing much underneath.
  — A.a. Dowd, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2022
• OpenAI scanned and hosts all the content, sells access to it and will even generate derivative works for their paying users.
  — Gary Marcus, IEEE Spectrum, 6 Jan. 2024
• The GameStop frenzy is breathing new life into a still-longshot movement in Congress to tax stock, bond and derivative trades.
  — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2021
• The banks also lend their dollars to the central bank through its $60-plus billion in foreign-exchange swaps, a type of derivative contract.
  — Caitlin Ostroff, WSJ, 23 Dec. 2021
• The settlement is one of the largest ever for a derivative case in the Court of Chancery, a major venue for shareholder litigation.
  — Reuters, CNN, 18 July 2023
• Some have charged that D'Amelio's style—selfie dances performed without much footwork and largely from the thighs up—is derivative.
  — Virginia Heffernan, Wired, 9 Aug. 2021

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