be derived

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Fifteen billion would be derived from food crops like corn, but much of the rest was to come from the development of cellulosic ethanol: fuel from wood chips, switch grass and the like.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025

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 algorithms used to make a cyborg cockroach navigate complex environments, such as obstacle-ridden sand or rock-strewn surfaces, might be derived from the insect's own natural behaviors, exploited to achieve human ends.

From Salon • May 13, 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

I explained the advantages that could be derived from the long-term artistic products of the club’s writers, and pointed out that these more durable products would outweigh all the pamphleteering.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright