by-product
Example Sentences
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In this case, an overlooked by-product has been turned into a functional ingredient that enhances bread nutrition while reducing waste.
From Science Daily • Feb. 8, 2026
He thinks every public building should instead house a small data centre, working in a large network with each other where required, and providing heating as a by-product.
From BBC • Jan. 13, 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
She and her generation were the first in the history of the world to come of age with the possibility of human extinction as a by-product of human ingenuity.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
