by origin

Example Sentences

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Russian by origin, Ms. Denisova, 61, was born in the Far North of Russia, in the city of Arkhangelsk, close to the Arctic Circle.

From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2022

In France, where the melting pot is based on assimilation and officials are banned from counting people by origin, “we are supposed to be equal but only if we are identical,” he said.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2022

The top countries by origin of asylum seekers in the EU since 2014 are Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan, all countries with recent or ongoing conflicts.

From BBC • Jul. 28, 2018

Now, more than a fifth of Bradford’s 526, 400 people are Pakistani by origin, the Dawood family among them.

From Time • Jun. 19, 2015

He was scarcely British by origin, and very little so by his turn of mind, or by his tastes or by the nature of his genius.

From My Recollections of Lord Byron by Jerningham, Hubert E. H. (Hubert Edward Henry), Sir