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[dih-rahyv] / dɪˈraɪv /


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In contrast, the other family, which doesn't derive its income from AI or the tech world, had to instead move to a more suburban Bay Area town to the north.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

Governments derive their “just powers” from the “consent of the governed”—all the governed, not only the rich or powerful or educated.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 16, 2026

Part of the problem may derive from concerns about the listing of OpenAI.

From MarketWatch Jun. 10, 2026

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

Governments, I said, derive their authority and legitimacy from the consent of the governed, and we had assembled to create such a legitimate authority.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Arm also derives substantial revenue through Arm China, a quasi-joint venture majority-owned by a Chinese consortium that includes state-backed investors.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 2026

"The Fifa World Cup is the pinnacle of global football and derives its strength from the participation of all Confederations and the world's leading football nations," it said.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

HouseCanary, in turn, derives its listings from multiple-listing services, a vast network of local organizations that agents use to share homes for sale with each other.

From Barron's Jun. 11, 2026

The film derives its title from the girl’s interest in “Little Irène,” a painting by influential French impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 5, 2026

Longstreet caught the conclusion of Sorrel’s sentence. ”... know that government derives its power from the consent of the governed.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara

Rather, it is a participle, derived from the verb “to draw” to describe an ongoing practice.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

The BEA previously derived its legal data from an unpublished survey in the consumer-price index that had an unusually small sample size.

From MarketWatch Jul. 22, 2026

Since MMA can rear its head unexpectedly, these people could still react to medical treatment, van Nunen explains, because many drugs include products derived from animals, such as vaccines that contain gelatin.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

A mantle plume ascending from deep within the mantle whose constituent material differs chemically from the surrounding mantle and may include components derived from ancient oceanic crust.

From Science Daily Jul. 18, 2026

The word style is derived from stilus, the writing instrument of the ancient Romans.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson

Since many of our waking hours are spent on the job, Ms. Vanderkam also focuses on deriving more satisfaction from work to avoid “wishing time away.”

From The Wall Street Journal May 8, 2026

A year ago, 13% of S&P 500 index constituents noted benefits deriving from AI adoption.

From MarketWatch Apr. 27, 2026

The chip maker is a major player in auto semiconductors, deriving around 55% to 60% of its revenue from the auto end market.

From Barron's Apr. 17, 2026

The imagery which depicted gods, goddesses, supreme preachers and enlightened souls of three ancient religions - Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism - was reimagined from symbolic to more recognisably deriving from human form.

From BBC Jun. 20, 2025

After a while he fell asleep, and she lay there holding his head, deriving a small but important comfort, even faintly smiling as she stared at the ceiling.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols




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