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Six example sentences with derived, each labelled with its topic.
Critics called the sculpture derived, pointing to three older works in the same museum that already used the folded steel.
Art
The sauce is derived from a Roman recipe, with anchovy standing in for a fish paste nobody makes anymore.
Cooking
Most of the interface is derived from the desktop version, which is why the menus still assume a mouse.
Technology
The melody is derived from a hymn the composer heard as a child, slowed down and shifted into a minor key.
Music
Much of the plot is derived from an older romance, and scholars have traced every scene to its source.
Literature
Half the code is derived from Roman rules, which is why the terms for ownership still carry Latin names.
Law
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