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[dih-rahyv] / dɪˈraɪv /


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Warsh has spoken at length about not trying to guide traders so as to derive a better signal about the economy from financial markets.

From MarketWatch Aug. 3, 2026

The government is requiring all new data centers to derive at least 80% of their power from renewables.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

While the combined company’s network holdings, which include CNN, CBS, MTV and Nickelodeon, still derive about $35 billion in annual revenue, the sector remains under pressure from cord-cutting and ad declines.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

Whatever the precise reasons for the breaks, and whether they are needed physically or not, Jagielka feels coaches can derive huge benefits from them, especially if a team is underperforming.

From BBC Jun. 13, 2026

If this sheet was not necessary as far as she was concerned, then she could remove it, for it was clear enough that Gregor could not derive any pleasure from isolating himself away so completely.

From "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka

"The Fifa World Cup is the pinnacle of global football and derives its strength from the participation of all Confederations and the world's leading football nations," it said.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

Sao Tome and Principe derives most of its resources from agriculture, particularly the production of cocoa and coffee, as well as vanilla and pepper.

From Barron's Jul. 19, 2026

The rocket maker, which derives most of its revenue from its satellite internet unit and has a nascent artificial-intelligence business, will trade under the ticker “SPCX.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

The film derives its title from the girl’s interest in “Little Irène,” a painting by influential French impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 5, 2026

Translated, it is “O God, You are peace, and peace derives from You. So greet us, O Lord, with peace.”

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

His channel, Aeris Rimor -- roughly derived from the Latin for Searcher of the Skies -- is one of dozens sending real-time messages about incoming drones and missiles.

From Barron's Aug. 16, 2026

Recycling textiles can be particularly tricky because a lot of clothing is made from a blend of materials from polyester—which is derived from oil—to cotton, rayon and nylon.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

"Instead of soil, we pack these containers with a specialized coco-peat substrate derived entirely from coconut husk. We then integrate a highly precise drip-irrigation and fogging system to control micro-climates."

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

The BEA previously derived its legal data from an unpublished survey in the consumer-price index that had an unusually small sample size.

From MarketWatch Jul. 22, 2026

Other tributaries swelled his happiness; he still derived satisfaction from the thought of his first—the best in his year he was told.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

The sticky part is deciding how the benefits deriving from pathogens are defined and then shared, how the system is governed, and how equity is guaranteed.

From Barron's Jun. 15, 2026

Since many of our waking hours are spent on the job, Ms. Vanderkam also focuses on deriving more satisfaction from work to avoid “wishing time away.”

From The Wall Street Journal May 8, 2026

A year ago, 13% of S&P 500 index constituents noted benefits deriving from AI adoption.

From MarketWatch Apr. 27, 2026

The imagery which depicted gods, goddesses, supreme preachers and enlightened souls of three ancient religions - Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism - was reimagined from symbolic to more recognisably deriving from human form.

From BBC Jun. 20, 2025

Her logic was a combination of half-truths and cliches, her worldview a compound of misconceptions deriving from a history of our nation as written from the perspective of a subway tunnel.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole




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