derive from

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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 • Dec. 17, 2025

A nearly eight-foot stack of 26 enlarged white ceramic plates, which derive from dinnerware the artist found in a shop, stands as a mind-boggling pillar.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025

Part of the enduring power of Vasari’s rinascita might derive from the mystical resonances within the word.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025

My son stands for — and I speak of him in present tense — everything that’s beautiful about life and the gifts that we all derive from our source.

From Salon • Jul. 27, 2025

That was all he wanted to derive from the experience, the knowledge that he had not cried.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy