provenance
Example Sentences
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Its provenance was certified through methods including X-ray imaging and pigment analysis, he added.
From Barron's
Small in size with a coal-gray cover, the album gave few clues about its provenance.
From BBC
The Catholic Church has not taken an official position on the shroud’s veracity, but the exhibit’s organizers find the evidence for its divine provenance convincing and hope others will too.
From Los Angeles Times
The provenance of other suspicious drones is less clear.
Despite all the banks and federal officials giving digital assets their blessing, crypto’s provenance as an antiestablishment asset, born out of institutional distrust stemming from the 2008-2009 financial crisis, has been hard to shake.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.