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by-product

[bahy-prod-uhkt] / ˈbaɪˌprɒd əkt /


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"This is really a by-product of our team trying to take it to the next level. This is an iconic race."

From Barron's Aug. 23, 2026

The Fed was moving to counter that slowdown, with any lift to stocks a by-product.

From MarketWatch Jun. 23, 2026

What may look like a fossil human tooth-picking groove could just as easily be the by-product of everyday chewing.

From Science Daily Jun. 8, 2026

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

As for food production’s more sinister by-product of infectious diseases, we cannot specify where within the Old World most major diseases of Old World origin arose.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

The licence was issued as environmental watchdogs such as Greenpeace raised concerns over the management of radioactive by-products.

From Barron's Apr. 22, 2026

She also expects MMG’s copper-production costs to fall thanks to higher prices for its by-products and lower copper-concentrate treatment charges.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 25, 2025

This metabolism creates toxic by-products called formaldehyde, formate and formic acid.

From BBC Nov. 22, 2024

Fear and suspicion are, of course, common by-products of war.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 28, 2024

But they are still highly radioactive, loaded with radioactive isotopes, the by-products of fission.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland




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