- present tense form of originate (3rd person singular).
originates
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“Differences in legal frameworks, cyber capability, resilience and recovery capacity across jurisdictions could therefore have consequences well beyond the jurisdiction in which an incident originates and may themselves become a source of vulnerability,” Bailey wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Nearly all of FLAG’s revenue originates from individual donors, and most of that money is raised through a direct-mail sweepstakes operation that offers the chance to win prizes, in one case $1,000,000.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
Researchers have spent decades trying to determine where it originates.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
He says that in his homeland there is much more focus on quality and that people are most concerned about where the product originates and what it tastes like.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 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
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