derives from

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OPEC’s power derives from its spare capacity and the willingness and ability to cut production when necessary.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

My déjà-vu experience today derives from that same kind of “shock and awe.”

From Salon • Mar. 7, 2026

Rather than refer to the Jews as Israelites, the Book of Esther calls them Yehudim—descendants of Judah, the biblical son of Jacob, whose name derives from the Hebrew word hoda’ah, grateful acknowledgment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

Our nation was founded upon the principle that power derives from the people.

From Slate • Feb. 16, 2026

Does, as Hall assumed, the new science have to be contemporary with the technology that derives from it?

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton