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originate

[uh-rij-uh-nayt] / əˈrɪdʒ əˌneɪt /




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"It's how much pathology you have in frontal areas where global waves originate."

From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026

Mortgage REITs originate or buy mortgages and mortgage-backed securities, earning a profit on the difference between their borrowing costs and loan yields.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

Rowan says a very large percentage of—probably about $50 billion to $75 billion of the up to $500 billion in financing Apollo plans to originate this year—will go toward energy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

These often originate when a quark or gluon from one nucleus strikes a quark or gluon from another, sending two particle jets traveling in opposite directions.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

This proved such a hit—Wall Street would buy your loans, even if you would not!—that a new company, called B&C mortgage, was founded to do nothing but originate and sell.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

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

“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 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

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

The 4.9 metre sandstone slab within the circle was initially believed to have originated in Wales until a more recent study pointed towards it coming from north east Scotland.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

In fact, the concept of “financial toxicity,” or the stress caused by the financial burden of an uncovered medical treatment, originated in cancer research.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

Even though the modern orchestra originated three centuries ago as a plaything of princes, there has always been an implicit connection — and tension — between orchestras and democracy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

Instead, its position on the evolutionary family tree provides evidence about where the broader ancestral lineage may have originated.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026

It was the Burgess sisters, after all, who originated the tradition of such statues within the circus.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

One possible explanation is that gases originating from magma deep underground travel upward through these fractures.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026

The originating email address seems to be linked to the state health services in Bogota, Colombia.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

Jets originating closer to the outer boundary generally pass through less material and experience fewer interactions.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

Because of this, some goods originating from China and destined for Canada and loaded onto these big vessels have to dock in Los Angeles—and those goods could be subject to U.S. tariffs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

One rumor originating in Hartman’s Cafe involved Taylor Jones, a rancher whose property adjoins River Valley Farm.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote


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