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originate

[uh-rij-uh-nayt] / əˈrɪdʒ əˌneɪt /




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Unlike most proteins, which are produced using instructions stored in the DNA inside the cell's nucleus, mitochondrial microproteins originate from genetic instructions within mitochondria themselves.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026

Different cultures use different names for the 12 or 13 full Moons across the lunar calendar, but many of the common ones we use today originate from Native American cultures.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

It showed that the signals directing these T cells originate in lymph nodes located outside the brain.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

"We wish to clarify that the document and information in question do not originate from official sources and are untrue," it said on Telegram.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

And so, to generate $1 billion in triple-B-rated subprime mortgage bonds, Goldman Sachs did not need to originate $50 billion in home loans.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

The Afrobeats genre, which originates from West Africa, has massively grown in recent years - dominating playlists and seeing artists, including Starr, featuring at major festivals such as Glastonbury.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Researchers now want to determine exactly how much gas these winds remove over time and identify where within the disk the escaping material originates.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

The Fed could decide that much of the recent inflation pressure originates from energy and geopolitical disruption and leave rates unchanged.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

The term originates in the 1990s, but its spirit goes further back—at least to British computer scientist Alan Turing, who devised what became known as the Turing test.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

It does not matter if it originates in a misunderstanding.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates

"With interest rates much higher in many global regions than they were in 2021, refinancing risk will become more visible as loans originated in 2020-22 approach maturity," it said in its latest Private Credit Quarterly.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

Lending originations track the dollar value of loans originated during a given period.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

Although these findings do not establish exactly how those materials reached our planet, they provide valuable evidence about where such ingredients originated and how they were distributed throughout the young Solar System.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

Although reggaeton originated in the streets, the genre hit its zenith in the mainstream this year, thanks to Bad Bunny’s historic Super Bowl halftime show and Karol G’s headlining set at Coachella.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

The term originated from an army report of May 24, 1861.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry

As Apollo has focused on originating private debt deals with investment-grade credit ratings for Athene and other insurers, it has begun shedding its smaller publicly traded funds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

One particularly important goal is to conceal objects that produce heat themselves, rather than only protecting them from heat originating outside the cloak.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

“By originating and terminating Orange County Line trains at Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo, Metrolink can maintain a more predictable schedule for customers across the system,” Metrolink said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

"Fires originating outside our boundaries subsequently spread into areas under the Group's management," Singapore Exchange-listed palm oil company First Resources said after one of its concessions was listed in WALHI's report.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

The engineers, Burnham charged, “had contributed little or nothing either in the way of originating novel features or of showing the possibilities of modern engineering practice in America.”

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson


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