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whence

[hwens, wens] / ʰwɛns, wɛns /
CONJUNCTION
from what or which place
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The radio and TV stations whence come the music and the news could get even more anonymized: Many cars are coming off the assembly line missing that democratizing medium of the 20th century, AM radio.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 12, 2024

You may be wondering just whence that staggering valuation arises, then.

From Slate • Mar. 28, 2024

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

The mob already had stopped and was drifting back from whence it came.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes