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The index is derived from how surveyed residents rate their satisfaction in nine quality-of-life categories and about 40 sub-categories, while also rating the relative importance of each measure.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

On Monday, Japanese toilet giant Toto halted orders for prefabricated bath units because of a shortage of naphtha, a critical petrochemical derived from crude oil.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

He also pointed to fertilizer -- derived from petroleum products -- being "almost a system risk," as shortages could lead to higher food prices and thus inflation.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

It does that via its "foreign direct product rule", which forces foreign companies to align with US rules if the goods they are exporting contain US parts, or are derived from US technology.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

Soon afterward, Kenneth M. Olsen and Barbara A. Schaal of Washington University in St. Louis demonstrated that domesticated manioc’s genetic endowment was derived from flabelli-folia, suggesting the latter was ancestral to it.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann