originate
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"The fire did originate within the training area and did cross established fire guards before being contained, in conjunction with municipal authorities," Rutland said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026
Because stars and their surrounding disks originate from the same cloud of material, scientists have long assumed that they contain similar proportions of rock-forming elements.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
At the time, Burdge and his colleagues were investigating another unusual signal that turned out to originate from a system known as a "black widow binary."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026
"The shows driving the industry forward largely originate on streaming platforms, yet the awards themselves were tethered to broadcast television," Proulx said.
From BBC ● 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
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Milanese Mayor Giuseppe Sala said he was worried it was a "new phenomenon" that "originates from an international scenario and therefore feeds itself".
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
The Kelvin wave is essentially both a cause and a symptom of El Nino, said Amaya, and originates in waters near Indonesia when trade winds die down.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 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
Much of this originates from an elaborate system involving ship-to-ship transfers of Iranian oil, which often move Iranian oil from sanctioned tankers onto unsanctioned ones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
That someone who originates a new idea has a right to be acknowledged seems to us obvious, but this idea was fundamentally new.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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Instead, its position on the evolutionary family tree provides evidence about where the broader ancestral lineage may have originated.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026
Lending originations track the dollar value of loans originated during a given period.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026
On Friday the Danish Environment Protection Agency confirmed pellets found on the country's western coast had also likely originated from the Tyne spill.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 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
Jilin was at the southwestern edge of the Great Wood, where the Nir originated.
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
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Although this does not establish that GLP-1 caused the improvement, it suggests that changes originating in the digestive system may be connected to muscle function as well as pain.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026
Intermodal rail shipments originating in Canada increased 4.7% on-year to 3.3 million tons, a recovery after five consecutive monthly declines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 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
I tried unsuccessfully to relax, but the electric current that seemed to be originating from somewhere in his body never slackened.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
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