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derivative

noun as in product, descendant

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The construct of volatility derivatives remains bullish for stocks, too.

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It also recalls, without feeling derivative, the classic American dramas—Miller’s and others—in which fathers and sons, despite their best efforts to avoid it, turn into mortal enemies.

There also are funds that use a combination of debt and derivatives to track gold’s price.

Such energy sources would allow the project to produce environmentally clean hydrogen and its derivatives, which in turn are used to generate electricity and produce fertilizer.

In response, Warner Bros. said “The Pitt” is not a “derivative work” of “ER.”

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