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derived

adjective as in derivative

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Each group was accompanied by a smuggler - or a "donker" as Gurpreet and other migrants refer to them, a word seemingly derived from the term "donkey route" used for illegal migration journeys.

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“Both of them have lost pretty much everything they derived comfort from,” Fortier said.

Meador prefers to label his cacao events “cacao experiences” or “modern cacao ceremonies” to make it clear they are not derived from ancient Indigenous rituals.

Classmate Richard said: "I really enjoyed learning where the words have come that we use in modern English, and so many European languages are all derived from Latin."

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Over half a century into his career, Gaines is still generating new ideas: soulful songs born from writing, paintings derived from numbers, critical ideas grown from landscapes.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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