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genesis

[jen-uh-sis] / ˈdʒɛn ə sɪs /


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A bewitching survey looks at the unexpected, centuries-old genesis of the divination cards, and the ways they endured and changed in the modern era.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 28, 2026

James Whale’s 1935 freakquel, “Bride of Frankenstein,” imagined the companion briefly alive, sporting a white-streaked, electric-shocked bouffant before being killed by the Monster moments after her genesis.

From Salon Mar. 8, 2026

Like his forthcoming seven-part project, “Quantum Leap,” the show is a walk-back to his genesis.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 25, 2026

Sustaining the momentum for disarmament, Reykjavik was the genesis of several crucial treaties that did indeed reduce nuclear weapons stockpiles.

From Slate Feb. 2, 2026

But he was never able to believe that human beings had no divine genesis, and he always believed that humans possessed a soul.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman

The Morris Trophy started 44 years ago, the geneses of Traci Morris Drake, who first got then-Washington coach Don James on board with the idea before pitching it to the rest of the conference.

From Seattle Times Jan. 19, 2024

His idea of evolution also epitomizes the spirit of the nineteenth century with its search everywhere for geneses and transformations—in religion, philology, geology, biology.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 07 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Various




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