by-products

noun

variants or byproducts
plural of by-product
as in derivatives
something that naturally develops or is developed from something else hydrogen is one by-product of that chemical reaction

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Recent Examples of by-products In the team’s demonstration, the CO2 reacted with the industrial by-products to form high-purity calcite. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2026 Coir, a fibrous material made from by-products of coconut husks; it is often used as a substitute for peat. — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 29 May 2026 New in-line measurement technologies enable tracking of substrates, by-products and metabolites continuously, inside the reactor, without pulling samples. — Hamid Noori, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026 Israel claimed responsibility for the strikes on the South Pars petrochemical complex in Asaluyeh, a key site for Iran's energy sector, both for production of petroleum by-products and for joint work with Qatar on the world's largest natural gas field. — Lucia I Suarez Sang, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026 These included an ice-cream parlor, souvenir shops, and homes repurposed into Airbnbs—all by-products of a growing tourism industry on Fogo. — Akash Kapur, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2026 Not all the tendencies that make chatbots dangerous are glitches; some are by-products of how the systems are built. — Ronan Farrow, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026 Penny and Ghazarian hired their own industrial hygienist, who concluded the property needed to be decontaminated of heavy metals and other combustion by-products. — Tony Saavedra, Daily News, 5 Mar. 2026 These pests then generate by-products that can trigger allergies. — Nashia Baker, Martha Stewart, 19 Feb. 2026
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  1. derivatives
  2. derivations
  3. products
Noun
  • That's the view of Citadel Securities head of equity and equity derivatives strategy Scott Rubner, who wrote to clients on Monday that the bullish setup that carried the S&P to records in August is changing.
    — Oliver Renick, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Goldman analyst James Yaro maintained his Buy rating and set a $124 target on Robinhood, citing growth in newer lines of business, including derivatives and prediction markets.
    — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of derivatives
Noun
  • And woven into every page and at each chapter heading are gorgeous language derivations.
    — The Know, Denver Post, 4 June 2026
  • Large Language Models often struggle with precise derivations and calculations in theoretical physics, sometimes exhibiting inconsistent reasoning.
    — Paul Sutter, Space.com, 22 Mar. 2026
Definition of derivations
Noun
  • And these incidents are increasing by at least 10% a year among consumer products, according to a federal National Institute of Standards and Technology analysis.
    — Alison J. Stein, HubSpot, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Flexible layouts and architectural display structures provide shoppers the space to discover products, while allowing the 2,400-square-foot space to evolve.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of products

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“By-products.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/by-products. Accessed 6 Sep. 2026.

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