- present tense form of originate (3rd person singular).
originates
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"I’m very worried because it’s a new phenomenon, which also originates from an international scenario and therefore feeds itself."
From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026
The Afrobeats genre, which originates from West Africa, has massively grown in recent years - dominating playlists and seeing artists, including Starr, featuring at major festivals such as Glastonbury.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
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
Every deed and flood map, every blue dot on every phone originates from it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
The saying originates with Bernard of Chartres in the twelfth century, but is now usually quoted from one of Newton’s letters: ‘If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.’
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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