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provenance

[prov-uh-nuhns, -nahns] / ˈprɒv ə nəns, -ˌnɑns /


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The internet’s peptide craze is built around injections of questionable provenance and uncertain science.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Like millions of others, I expected it to be superb because of its provenance.

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 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

“The live question in 2026 is acquisition: where the books came from, who paid for them, and what the company knew about their provenance when it hit download,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

I think of the letter I found on Balekin’s desk, the one to Nicasia’s mother: I know the provenance of the blusher mushroom that you ask after.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black




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