originate

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KATRIN's exceptionally low background means that nearly all detected electrons originate from tritium decay, allowing for a very clean measurement of the energy spectrum.

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Because both types of light originate near the same black hole, astronomers have long known that ultraviolet and X-ray emissions from quasars are closely linked.

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The concept of the “winner’s curse,” the authors report, originated with Atlantic Richfield Co., an oil company that sometimes bid in government auctions for the right to drill in various places.

From The Wall Street Journal

The concept for Lifordi’s drug originated at another company, ImmuNext, which spun out from Dartmouth College to develop immunological drugs and license them out to pharmaceutical companies.

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These maps help the brain identify where sensations originate.

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