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

But it is difficult to quickly increase silver supplies as the majority of global output is a by-product from mines that mainly extract other metals like lead, copper or gold.

From BBC • Dec. 10, 2025

“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

Instead, as we shall see, food production evolved as a by-product of decisions made without awareness of their consequences.

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