provenance
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Joining them is a boy of unknown provenance who, the others guess, was warned by his parents to keep silent and has never spoken since.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Unlike the other artifacts with no traceable provenance, these short stories are bad.
From Salon • May 12, 2026
But its provenance had been a mystery, and Alibaba didn’t reveal itself as the developer until Friday.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
He said he was also able to use information on the label to confirm its provenance.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
They arrived like shipments of lambs, to hear the monks tell it, and with no more knowledge of their provenance than lambs, either.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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