derive
Example Sentences
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The term derives from the white crystalline powder used in cleaning, soldering, glass making and in pesticides, which in centuries past was sold as a cure-all.
Kurvilla, who studied at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and taught global health policy at Boston University, said that "40 percent or more of biomedical Western medicine, pharmaceuticals, derive from natural products".
From Barron's
It seems to be derived from larger meanings of concepts, ideas, art, poems.
From Los Angeles Times
Joe Hart likely did not mean it to sound like a criticism of Wilfried Nancy, but it wasn't difficult to derive a note of concern in the former Celtic goalkeeper's voice.
From BBC
In this case, it is gauged that Shell accounts for slightly over 2% of global emissions derived from fossil fuels, while the Philippines has contributed to just 0.2%, according to the claimants.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
