originate
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It can detect small pieces of proteins that originate inside a cancer cell and are then transported to the cell surface, where they act like identifying tags.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
The treaty governs the use of water from six rivers, whose headwaters originate in India but flow into Pakistan as part of the Indus basin -- a resource relied on by hundreds of millions.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
The author begins with the observation that all three monumental waterways originate near the Alpine pass of St. Gotthard, about 100 miles southeast of Basel, Switzerland.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
They often originate near sunspots, which are darker, cooler spots on the Sun where magnetic fields are particularly strong.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
All cancers originate from a single cell gone wrong and are categorized based on the type of cell they start from.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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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
The classic example is of dubious historical accuracy, but originates from the British occupation of India.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
Much of that sediment comes from Tibet, where the river originates.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
"Our study shows, more precisely than ever before, how much carbon is safely stored in the seabed - and just how much of the decomposed material actually originates from the old permafrost," says Manuel Ruben.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026
Once life originates, it tends to be very adaptable and tenacious.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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The incidents were found and disrupted between January and July, and they originated in China, Iran and west Africa, Anthropic said in a report about misuse of its models.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
GRAIL’s Galleri test looks for methylation patterns in DNA that may indicate a cancer signal and predict where it originated.
From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026
However, this is the first time researchers have traced the detailed physics of this type of outgassing in an object that originated in interstellar space.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026
The concept of electromagnetic radiation originated with him and is credited as paving the way for Einstein's special theory of relativity.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Not a single African crop originated south of it.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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The Systemiq research estimates that roughly a third of Himalayan glacier melt is driven by black carbon, much of it originating from brick kilns in the plains.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida led the country, with 83.1% of views to new-construction listings originating outside the metro area.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
While species originating from "very hot countries are feeling comfortable", Martin said that "species from more temperate environments may have suffered more".
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
“I’ve always moved on,” Curry told me last year, sitting in the Roxy Theatre on the Sunset Strip, where he’d played Frank to great acclaim in 1974, after originating the role in London.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
The Americas’ population now consists of a mixture of peoples originating from all continents except Australia.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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