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derivatives

noun

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something that naturally develops or is developed from something else the whole field of industrial robots is a derivative of technology developed for the space program

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Recent Examples of derivatives 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 The Saudi bourse launched its first derivatives, which investors use to hedge exposures or speculate on future stock moves, in 2020, but trading activity never really took off. — Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 26 Aug. 2026 Both of those functions are what the law that governs derivatives, and its federal regulator, are meant to protect. — Brian Quintenz, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026 Appliances, dairy products including cheese, fish and seafood, and certain steel and aluminum derivatives will face 25% tariffs. — Rob Gillies, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026

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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

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