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be derived

VERB

spring

Synonyms

STRONG

appear arise arrive begin birth burgeon come commence derive descend develop emanate flow grow hatch head issue loom mushroom proceed rise start stem

WEAK

be descended come into being come into existence come out shoot up upspring

Antonyms

STRONG

cease complete conclude decline decrease depart die disappear end finish leave lessen recede shrink

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Fifteen billion would be derived from food crops like corn, but much of the rest was to come from the development of cellulosic ethanol: fuel from wood chips, switch grass and the like.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025

It seems to be derived from larger meanings of concepts, ideas, art, poems.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025

Here’s the long one: Aside from your pension and Social Security, your income appears to be derived mostly from real estate.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 17, 2025

The name of the label is thought to be derived from the first and last letters of the Cameron name, with the initials of the couple's four children in between.

From BBC • Sep. 10, 2025

All three of Kepler’s laws of planetary motion can be derived from Newtonian principles.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

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