- present participle of originate.
originating
Example Sentences
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He argues Peru's wealth originating from its natural resources doesn't reach ordinary people or the often rural communities where a lot of mining takes place.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
Very different cinematic sensibilities originating in entirely separate cultures that broadcasters and film distributors lumped together on the cultural fringe.
From Salon • May 31, 2026
For one thing, communications originating abroad — the source of most illegal robocalls — are beyond the practical reach of U.S. regulators.
From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026
The Fowlers took it a step further, originating what they called practical phrenology.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
As early societies developed, those acquiring centralized power gradually established themselves as an elite, perhaps originating as one of several formerly equal-ranked village clans that became “more equal” than the others.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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