- present tense form of originate (3rd person singular).
originates
Example Sentences
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The Fed could decide that much of the recent inflation pressure originates from energy and geopolitical disruption and leave rates unchanged.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
The term originates in the 1990s, but its spirit goes further back—at least to British computer scientist Alan Turing, who devised what became known as the Turing test.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Much of that sediment comes from Tibet, where the river originates.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
The Rhine originates in the Swiss Alps, flows through and along the borders of several countries, and empties into the North Sea in the Netherlands.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
This power, this black power, originates in a view of the American galaxy taken from a dark and essential planet.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
