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

Perhaps the strangest sculptures in the show are a selection of flowing beards, symbol of maturity and wisdom, which derive from the long, lavish one the great Romanian sculptor Constantin Brancusi sported.

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

"You have to understand how much the United States military assumes the advantage that we derive from space," Gen Miller says.

From BBC • Jul. 16, 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