originate
Example Sentences
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Central Command, which conducts military operations against Iran, wouldn’t say where the missiles originated.
She said it looked as though there had been a super spreader event, though she could not yet confirm where the initial infection originated.
From BBC
The online service Grammarly originated in 2009 as a suite of tools to help ferret out plagiarism in schoolwork or help students hone their grammar and spelling.
From Los Angeles Times
According to the researchers, these signals likely originate from dynamic rock fracturing processes that take place before an eruption.
From Science Daily
"A certification of 'human origin' is needed but self certification is not good enough so we have a full verification process to make sure that its truly human originated material," he said.
From BBC
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