derivatives

Example Sentences

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We are also sending new products to Japan, to Korea, that highlight our variety and diversity of agricultural products—including some transformed with added value, such as processed pulp and cacao derivatives.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

“There’s a giant complex of derivatives that help keep volatility suppressed,” says Brent Kochuba, founder of options research firm SpotGamma.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Treasury yields have pushed higher, and interest-rate derivatives have started to price in a higher chance of an interest-rate hike late next year.

From MarketWatch • May 9, 2026

Simple derivatives show how fast something increases or decreases, while higher-order derivatives capture more intricate patterns.

From Science Daily • May 6, 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