be derived
Example Sentences
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“The only income to be derived from gold is to sell it for a greater price than it was purchased.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
Here’s the long one: Aside from your pension and Social Security, your income appears to be derived mostly from real estate.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 17, 2025
The name of the label is thought to be derived from the first and last letters of the Cameron name, with the initials of the couple's four children in between.
From BBC • Sep. 10, 2025
An unremitting tragedy that permanently altered our lives — where little meaning can be derived and which even less justice has been served.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2025
Newton’s laws were theoretical, rather simple mathematical abstractions from which all of Tycho’s measurements could ultimately be derived.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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