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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
It has long been used as feed for chickens and poultry and salves derived from chickweed are recommended to reduce inflammation, especially in the case of bug bites and burns.
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Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 6 Feb. 2026
But polymers can also be natural and derived from nature.
—Cara Ocobock, The Conversation, 6 Feb. 2026
Instead, it is broken down during digestion into individual amino acids, the same building blocks derived from all protein-containing food.
—Leeann Weintraub, Daily News, 5 Feb. 2026
The figures are derived from a group of 200,000 consumers tracked by the analytics firm Numerator.
—Christopher Rugaber, Fortune, 4 Feb. 2026
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Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 6 Feb. 2026
But polymers can also be natural and derived from nature.
—Cara Ocobock, The Conversation, 6 Feb. 2026
Instead, it is broken down during digestion into individual amino acids, the same building blocks derived from all protein-containing food.
—Leeann Weintraub, Daily News, 5 Feb. 2026
The figures are derived from a group of 200,000 consumers tracked by the analytics firm Numerator.
—Christopher Rugaber, Fortune, 4 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for derived
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It must be understood that historical references to this team are like prompts on an online dating profile — not under any circumstances to be taken seriously, but a fun jumping off point.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
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The complication is not well understood but appears to be the result of the virus prompting the immune system to attack a certain protein that some brain cells produce.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
5 Feb. 2026
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The Seahawks and Rams met in the NFC Championship Game, which was only decided by four points.—
Dan Santaromita,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Tennessee has struggled, like most other SEC teams, against South Carolina the past few years, although the Lady Vols' previous three games -- all Gamecock wins -- were decided by single digits.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
9 Feb. 2026
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Hence, physicists have inferred that galaxies are embedded with vast haloes of dark matter that extend far beyond their haloes of stars.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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Lambdas are ideal for spin research because the direction of a lambda’s spin can be inferred from the direction in which a proton or antiproton is emitted during its decay.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Feb. 2026
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While the specific Nike SB tweaks to the Air Max2 CB 94 have not been revealed, some changes can be deduced based on the imagery.—
Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
17 Jan. 2026
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Beyoncé is reportedly working on the final piece to her trilogy of albums that many fans have deduced will be a rock album.—
Essence,
Essence,
30 Dec. 2025
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The show originally aired in 2009 and concluded in 2015.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
9 Feb. 2026
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Lai also used Apple Daily to call for international sanctions against China and Hong Kong, the judges concluded.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Derived.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/derived. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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