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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

Colorado is believed to be particularly vulnerable to a defection back to the conference from whence it came to the Pac-12 in 2011.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 20, 2023

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

From New York Times • May 24, 2023

I caressed him, and he wagged his great tail; but he looked an eerie creature to be alone with, and I could not tell whence he had come.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë




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