by-product
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Through it all, however, West struggled with depression and a sense of self-loathing, and had trouble with intimacy, much of it a by-product of a hardscrabble childhood in West Virginia with a domineering father.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 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
However, the connections to several remote farms were largely a by-product of the government deciding an electricity supply was needed to three emergency telecommunication masts there.
From BBC • Dec. 8, 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
