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whence

[hwens, wens] / ʰwɛns, wɛns /
CONJUNCTION
from what or which place
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You may be wondering just whence that staggering valuation arises, then.

From Slate Mar. 28, 2024

He sensibly didn’t advertise here, where people might actually know the terrain, but in the East and in Europe, whence no one could eyeball the merchandise.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2023

Downes suspects Bruiser’s ilk made their way back east into the North Cascades from whence they hail.

From Seattle Times Jul. 7, 2023

“From whence came this woman’s strategic political genius?”

From New York Times May 24, 2023

All that scientists know is the cosmos was spawned from nothing, and will return to the nothing from whence it came.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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