provenance
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Joining them is a boy of unknown provenance who, the others guess, was warned by his parents to keep silent and has never spoken since.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
In the staged preface that opens “The Emporium,” actor Joe Tapper explains the play’s provenance.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
These pieces remain in state custody while provenance research continues, sometimes decades after their recovery.
From Salon • May 9, 2026
Auctioneer Andrew Aldridge said the life jacket was an "incredibly iconic and poignant item with a superlative provenance".
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
Beginning in the Administration Building, with a single wind tunnel, the lab grew until space limits pushed it to expand to the west onto several large properties tracing their provenance to colonial-era plantations.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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