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The phrase "is derivative of" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to indicate that something is derived from something else or is based on something else. For example: This new form of communication is derivative of the ancient art of storytelling.
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It is derivative, of course, and yet relaxed and stylish and charming.
Everything that Pharrell produces is derivative of another song — but it's an homage".
"Ornamentalism," his venture into imperial history, is derivative of his concern with class in Britain.
Others, like Brian Eno, had done so before him, and some listeners say his arrangement is derivative of one composed for the video game "Pump It Up".
We learn retrospectively of a Nietzschean motive for the crime (to be an "Ubermensch"), but, as usual, this is derivative of Dostoevsky and not properly worked through.
Come to think of it, "Saul" is derivative of something besides some lame, unlamented television shows: It looks a lot like hell.
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"It has been derivative of Clinton and reactive to Bush".
All genuinely left v right questions are derivative of that.
"Because I couldn't think of anything it was derivative of".
It's derivative of conceptual and performance stuff of the '70s.
Instead, he said, they are "derivative of Western architecture, which is then placed on amphetamines".
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com