derivative
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Traders in derivative markets see a better than 50% chance of a rate hike at the September meeting.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026
To protect the mRNA from breaking down before it reached its target, the researchers added a positively charged cholesterol derivative that helped keep the genetic material securely enclosed inside the nanoparticles.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
These are derivative contracts whose payoffs are tied to inflation, and the total notional value of the global swap market is in the trillions of dollars.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
It’s also painfully derivative as regards organized-crime dramas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
L’Hôpital’s rule states that the value of the fraction was equal to the derivative of the top expression divided by the derivative of the bottom expression.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
Ford executives hope the new $30,000 EV truck, and potential derivatives like a small SUV, will succeed at that, unlike its past money-losing electric models.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
Google accounts for its backstops as credit derivatives, the company has said in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
At the investment bank, higher revenue from prime brokerage, cash equities and equity derivatives contributed to very strong profit growth, the analyst says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Investors may be overwhelmed by the recent surge in leveraged and inverse ETFs, which typically use derivatives to amplify daily gains on individual stocks as well as other assets.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
In words belonging to chemistry derivatives in -ic denote the acid containing most oxygen, when more than one is formed: as nitric acid.
From New Word-Analysis by William Swinton
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