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derivatives

noun

plural of derivative

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something that naturally develops or is developed from something else the whole field of industrial robots is a derivative of technology developed for the space program

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Recent Examples of derivatives The Saudi bourse launched its first derivatives, which investors use to hedge exposures or speculate on future stock moves, in 2020, but trading activity never really took off. — Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 26 Aug. 2026 Both of those functions are what the law that governs derivatives, and its federal regulator, are meant to protect. — Brian Quintenz, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026 The Securities and Exchange Commission oversees securities, while the Commodity Futures Trading Commission handles derivatives, including futures and prediction markets. — Ananya Chetia, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2026 Appliances, dairy products including cheese, fish and seafood, and certain steel and aluminum derivatives will face 25% tariffs. — Rob Gillies, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026 The third-largest source of derivatives on the Hub is not a frontier lab at all. — Janakiram Msv, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 Until those sanctions were terminated, the US agreed to issue waivers for the export of Iranian crude oil, petroleum products and derivatives. — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026 Replacing crude oil derivatives with food waste biomass solves two major environmental challenges simultaneously. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 2026 Meanwhile, pharmaceutical companies are trying to develop an oral version of noribogaine, ibogaine’s primary metabolite, and other companies are working on non-psychoactive derivatives. — Michelle Lhooq, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2026

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derivations

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And woven into every page and at each chapter heading are gorgeous language derivations.

— The Know, Denver Post, 4 June 2026
Large Language Models often struggle with precise derivations and calculations in theoretical physics, sometimes exhibiting inconsistent reasoning.

— Paul Sutter, Space.com, 22 Mar. 2026

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