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whence

[hwens, wens] / ʰwɛns, wɛns /
CONJUNCTION
from what or which place
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Example Sentences

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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

Venice “sinks, like a seaweed, into whence she rose,” the Romantic poet Lord Byron wrote.

From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2023

The three murmured agreement and looked heavenward, as did Fa­ther, whence they felt the decision must come.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel