by-product
Example Sentences
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In this case, an overlooked by-product has been turned into a functional ingredient that enhances bread nutrition while reducing waste.
From Science Daily • Feb. 8, 2026
“Silver supply is structurally inelastic, with around 70-80% of global silver output coming as a by-product from mines that primarily produce lead, zinc, copper or gold,” Manthey said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025
However, the connections to several remote farms were largely a by-product of the government deciding an electricity supply was needed to three emergency telecommunication masts there.
From BBC • Dec. 8, 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
The modern idea of laws of nature is a by-product of Descartes’ philosophy, for Descartes was the first person to treat the laws of nature as being what knowledge of nature was all about.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
