provenance
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Like millions of others, I expected it to be superb because of its provenance.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026
However, experts have questioned the artwork's provenance, with some scholars attributing it to Giacomo Ceruti - another Italian artist from the same period.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
But establishing the provenance of tiny components in the drone sector is challenging.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Part of the fossil – precisely the portion that preserved essential information about its provenance – was accidentally lost for more than two decades.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
All things of grace and beauty such that one holds them to one’s heart have a common provenance in pain.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
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