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derives from

VERB

come from; arise

Synonyms

STRONGEST

emanate originate stem from

WEAK

descend flow head issue proceed rise spring from

Example Sentences

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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

Wright’s English subjects are, like his contemporary Edward Gibbon’s Romans, backlit by a skepticism whose coherence derives from the Enlightenment confidence in objective reason.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

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

From Salon • Mar. 7, 2026

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

From Slate • Feb. 16, 2026

This principle of ever-more-exact measurement derives from Tycho Brahe; in tightening up the relationship between evidence and theory in physics, Galileo was extrapolating from the practices of the astronomers.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton