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whence

[hwens, wens] / ʰwɛns, wɛns /
CONJUNCTION
from what or which place
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After that, whence music, a protester might ask.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 15, 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

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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