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derive

[dih-rahyv] / dɪˈraɪv /


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Palantir sells software to centralize, manage and analyze large amounts of data, helping government agencies and private companies derive insights and make decisions such as supply-chain planning or where to drop munitions.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

And you, at age 60 with $4 million, might also derive great pleasure from making these gifts.

From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026

When investors want to express a view on the trajectory of the world’s financial markets, they often use the S&P 500 because its constituents derive so much revenue from international operations.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

Even in a world that feels so overwhelming, we can all find an object from which to derive a sense of gratitude,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

Probabilities, arguments of credibility, circumstances of likelihoods—these all derive from Evidence-Indices.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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