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by-product

[bahy-prod-uhkt] / ˈbaɪˌprɒd əkt /


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The company expects its full-year gold by-product costs applicable to sales to be $925 per ounce.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

There’s even a computer-generated Elon, a by-product of Gibney not securing a face-to-face interview with the tycoon himself.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

Instead, they are a by-product of the ear's physiological sound amplification process.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026

A key raw material for many of these plastic goods is ethylene, which is derived from naphtha, an oil by-product.

From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026

It’s a by-product of the famous superstition about splitting an infinitive.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

The licence was issued as environmental watchdogs such as Greenpeace raised concerns over the management of radioactive by-products.

From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026

She also expects MMG’s copper-production costs to fall thanks to higher prices for its by-products and lower copper-concentrate treatment charges.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025

This metabolism creates toxic by-products called formaldehyde, formate and formic acid.

From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2024

Fear and suspicion are, of course, common by-products of war.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2024

If this is all that atoms have, then the qualities that we perceive in the world—colour, taste, smell, sound, texture, temperature—must be by-products of size, shape and movement.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton


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