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

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

“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