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[jen-uh-sis] / ˈdʒɛn ə sɪs /


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There’s a not-so-subtle message in that genesis myth explaining the compulsion for men to dismiss a woman’s anger, however the Greeks might define it, even if you don’t interpret it as such.

From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2026

Analysts trace the genesis of Stretch’s current distress to May, when Strategy tapped its cash reserve to repurchase $1.5 billion in zero-coupon convertible senior notes due in 2029.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

As Philip Norman relates in “Mr. Moonlight,” Epstein wasn’t around at the band’s genesis.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

The genesis of their idea was to connect and really bring something powerful and important to society and people.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026

The genesis of proteins was thus perfectly synchronized with the requirements of the environment: supply the correct sugar, and a set of sugar-metabolizing genes would be turned on together.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

The Morris Trophy started 44 years ago, the geneses of Traci Morris Drake, who first got then-Washington coach Don James on board with the idea before pitching it to the rest of the conference.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 19, 2024

His idea of evolution also epitomizes the spirit of the nineteenth century with its search everywhere for geneses and transformations—in religion, philology, geology, biology.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 07 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Various




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