originate
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The freezer aisle, from whence many of its contents originate, does not do much to help the case.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026
"A sustained effort is needed to tackle the root causes of poor behaviour, which often originate from challenges in children's lives outside the classroom, from poverty to mental health issues."
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
The event seemed to originate far deeper than earthquakes were thought capable of occurring beneath a continent.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 3, 2026
Contrary to the name, German cockroaches originate from South East Asia and are completely dependent on humans for survival in the UK.
From BBC ● May 28, 2026
This proved such a hit—Wall Street would buy your loans, even if you would not!—that a new company, called B&C mortgage, was founded to do nothing but originate and sell.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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Further, a household can only deduct mortgage interest on a maximum of $750,000 of combined debt on the two properties when the debt originates on or after Dec. 15, 2017.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
At the same time, higher rates can do little to calm today’s inflation volatility, which largely originates on the supply side of the economy.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
The modeling indicates that almost all of the TFA detected there originates from CFC replacement chemicals, despite the region being far removed from major sources of emissions.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 9, 2026
"It makes a huge farting noise basically," says John Harrison, director of the site, as he explains where its name originates.
From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2026
Once life originates, it tends to be very adaptable and tenacious.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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The fire originated near the stage before spreading rapidly along the ceiling and producing heavy smoke.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
Elle Woods, as Reese Witherspoon originated her, posed a similar psychological obstacle for me, only the challenge was getting me into the theater as opposed to keeping me there.
From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2026
The costumes all originated in London or New York, but they’ve been traveling from city to city in storage “gondolas” since the current tour started in 2023, requiring constant repairs and touch-ups from local stitchers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
Intelligence activities against Germany originated primarily from Russia, China and Iran, it said.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
Who today remembers that gasoline, the fuel of modern civilization, originated as yet another invention in search of a use?
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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They then applied those measurements to a variety of stellar environments to estimate how the same processes might influence signals originating around other stars.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 16, 2026
He argues Peru's wealth originating from its natural resources doesn't reach ordinary people or the often rural communities where a lot of mining takes place.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
Very different cinematic sensibilities originating in entirely separate cultures that broadcasters and film distributors lumped together on the cultural fringe.
From Salon ● May 31, 2026
The foreign ministry called on "Iraq to prevent all hostile acts originating from its territory urgently and without conditions".
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
The Americas’ population now consists of a mixture of peoples originating from all continents except Australia.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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