as in derivation
something that naturally develops or is developed from something else
hydrogen is one by-product of that chemical reaction
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Recent Examples of by-product
This creates by-products such as carbon dioxide, hydrogen, and methane.
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Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 4 Jan. 2025
This is tough news for prospective buyers, but a welcome by-product of a healthy state economy.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
Rice seedling blight is a disease caused by the toxic by-product of a wild, endosymbiotic affair.
—Quanta Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Some of the more polemical responses to my survey framed podcasting’s pivot to video as a by-product of major tech platforms, specifically Spotify and YouTube, cynically redefining the concept of a podcast to further fuel their attacks on one another.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2024
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Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 4 Jan. 2025
This is tough news for prospective buyers, but a welcome by-product of a healthy state economy.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
Rice seedling blight is a disease caused by the toxic by-product of a wild, endosymbiotic affair.
—Quanta Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Some of the more polemical responses to my survey framed podcasting’s pivot to video as a by-product of major tech platforms, specifically Spotify and YouTube, cynically redefining the concept of a podcast to further fuel their attacks on one another.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for by-product
Noun
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But just keep in mind that is the derivation of the three-point shot.—
Ryan Canfield,
Fox News,
30 Oct. 2024
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One focus of the program will be on work related to organic matter in the early stages of consideration as alternatives for design and manufacturing—things like algae, mycelium, and derivations of living organisms like insects—as structure for bioplastics, textiles, and pigment.—
Angelica Villa,
ARTnews.com,
30 Sep. 2024
Noun
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The tint, inspired by that post-facial glow, is packed with moisturizing, plumping, and reparative ingredients like sodium hyaluronate (a derivative of hyaluronic acid), peptides, ceramides, cactus extract, squalane, and sheer pigments.—
Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
31 Dec. 2024
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Made without animal derivatives, the product is available in 13 shades—including several that cater to blondes.—
Jenny Berg,
Allure,
31 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The weed contains two psoralen derivates that can darken sick upon exposure to UV light.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
27 Nov. 2024
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This, combined with new and streamlined venues for retail investors to participate in the growing demand for a variety of spot, derivate, and synthetic funds and indices is set to continue push crypto ETF access to new heights.—
Lawrence Wintermeyer,
Forbes,
17 Oct. 2024
Noun
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The use of military flights is the result of an executive order Trump signed earlier this week.—
Syra Ortiz Blanes,
Miami Herald,
24 Jan. 2025
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The surge in scoring and in 3s is not just a result of analytics.—
Mike Vorkunov,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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Advertisement Discount chain Big Lots filed for bankruptcy last September, and the Container Store, a retailer offering storage and organization products, declared bankruptcy last month.—
Caroline Petrow-Cohen,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Jan. 2025
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This is set to deliver a critical blow to Russia, which has been forced to reroute its crude and oil product supplies to Asia-Pacific, after these volumes were banned by European and G7 sanctions, which came in effect in December 2022 and February 2023, respectively.—
Ruxandra Iordache,
CNBC,
16 Jan. 2025
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“By-product.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/by-product. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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