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Researchers identified several signal candidates that could potentially have a dark matter origin.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026
The route mainly connects China, South Korea and Japan with the United States -- the origin or destination of seven in ten containers that pass through the canal.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
“She was floating downstream, but we don’t know the origin of where she entered the water,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
The accord is now treated as the origin of Fed independence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
The origin of species is an object of experimental investigation.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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She’s delivered masterful musical dissertations that challenge rigid ideas of “genre” and reemphasized the Black origins of traditions like country, rock and Americana.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
It was said by the company to be "celebrating the origins of Jive Bunny while adding a modern twist".
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Instead, they identified two structures with nearby masses, suggesting that the objects could have similarly unusual origins.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 2, 2026
The original 1930s factory building in town bears marks of shrapnel from World War II, retained as a reminder of Volkswagen’s Nazi origins.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Before we can answer these questions, we must dispel some misconceptions about the origins of food production and then reformulate the question.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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