roots
Example Sentences
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"I'm Bradford born and bred and incredibly proud of my roots," he said.
From BBC
Instead, it survives entirely by attaching itself to the roots of specific nearby trees and stealing the nutrients it needs.
From Science Daily
“You can see where the roots of the AI revolution came from,” he said.
There are more of us than ever before, but we all have the same deep genetic roots, stretching back to our African origins.
From Salon
Brands can succeed in AI search by “returning to the roots of who they are, what their value proposition is to their customers, how they’re telegraphing that in the market,” Warden said.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.