originates
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Kerman, the most commonly-planted pistachio variety, originates from Iran and is named after a famous carpet-making city near Rafsanjan.
From Salon • May 6, 2026
"It makes a huge farting noise basically," says John Harrison, director of the site, as he explains where its name originates.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
Bouma's next goal is to determine where the material in the torus originates, whether it comes from the star itself or from an external source.
From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026
Oil markets have been rocked by the outbreak of war in the Persian Gulf, where roughly one-fifth of the world’s oil supply originates.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026
That someone who originates a new idea has a right to be acknowledged seems to us obvious, but this idea was fundamentally new.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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