by-product

Example Sentences

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A natural by-product is when their chosen club is performing well they feel an element of success in their own lives.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

He adds that using this by-product increases the nutritional value of bread while lowering the environmental footprint of sunflower oil production.

From Science Daily • Feb. 8, 2026

“Silver supply is structurally inelastic, with around 70-80% of global silver output coming as a by-product from mines that primarily produce lead, zinc, copper or gold,” Manthey said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025

“Belief in a novel is, for me, a by-product of a certain kind of sentence,” Smith observes.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2025

At first, she thought it was a trick of her imagination, a by-product of the pain still throbbing in her head, but...no, this light was real.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray