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[uh-rij-uh-nayt] / əˈrɪdʒ əˌneɪt /




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"We wish to clarify that the document and information in question do not originate from official sources and are untrue," it said on Telegram.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

Many originate overseas, but a surprising number come from inside the walls of U.S. prisons.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Almost all the major rivers that flood the state originate in Nepal, with the Kosi - the "sorrow of Bihar" - the most notorious, followed by the Gandak, Bagmati and Kamala.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

The treaty governs the use of water from six rivers, whose headwaters originate in India but flow into Pakistan as part of the Indus basin -- a resource relied on by hundreds of millions.

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026

Welles responded that this method didn’t originate with The Mercury Theatre and was, in fact, used by other radio programs.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow

The Kelvin wave is essentially both a cause and a symptom of El Nino, said Amaya, and originates in waters near Indonesia when trade winds die down.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Researchers now want to determine exactly how much gas these winds remove over time and identify where within the disk the escaping material originates.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

The term originates in the 1990s, but its spirit goes further back—at least to British computer scientist Alan Turing, who devised what became known as the Turing test.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

The classic example is of dubious historical accuracy, but originates from the British occupation of India.

From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026

The saying originates with Bernard of Chartres in the twelfth century, but is now usually quoted from one of Newton’s letters: ‘If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.’

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Did Kay play the iconic lead role originated in the movie by Reese Witherspoon?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Australian champion Rob Reid took the speciality award - where competitors can combine oatmeal with any ingredients - with his porridge cannoli, an oaty spin on a tube-shaped dessert that originated in Sicily.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Retrieving busted bots on stretchers, one of the Humanoid Games’ best visual gags, may actually have originated with her league.

From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026

This allowed them to investigate both where the stone originated and whether glaciers could realistically have carried it south.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

Pump boys were feverishly bringing water to the great tubs —it was one of those futile castles, which appear to have originated in Ireland, whose bailey was without a well.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

That evidence suggested that both the dendritic cells and the T cell activation process were originating somewhere outside the brain.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

Since Aug. 28, U.S. forces have blown up at least eight Ecuadorean fishing vessels originating in Manta, a port city of around 300,000 people.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

The Systemiq research estimates that roughly a third of Himalayan glacier melt is driven by black carbon, much of it originating from brick kilns in the plains.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

"A disaster originating in one part of the Himalayan region can have consequences far beyond national boundaries, affecting river systems, ecosystems, livelihoods and communities across South Asia."

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

One rumor originating in Hartman’s Cafe involved Taylor Jones, a rancher whose property adjoins River Valley Farm.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote




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