be derived
Example Sentences
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“The only income to be derived from gold is to sell it for a greater price than it was purchased.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
Musk has said that Tesla wants to make several thousand units this year, and that around 80% of Tesla’s value will eventually be derived from Optimus.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 17, 2025
An unremitting tragedy that permanently altered our lives — where little meaning can be derived and which even less justice has been served.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2025
The answer was to give a person a family name, which could be derived from patronymics and matronymics - names based on a father or mother's name.
From BBC • Jan. 26, 2025
In love with whole numbers, the Pythagoreans believed all things could be derived from them, certainly all other numbers.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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