genesis
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What was the genesis of this show, anyway?
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
James Whale’s 1935 freakquel, “Bride of Frankenstein,” imagined the companion briefly alive, sporting a white-streaked, electric-shocked bouffant before being killed by the Monster moments after her genesis.
From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026
Sustaining the momentum for disarmament, Reykjavik was the genesis of several crucial treaties that did indeed reduce nuclear weapons stockpiles.
From Slate • Feb. 2, 2026
The project’s genesis as an excavation of found material hints at concepts having to do with forgotten technology and lost futures, yet the emotional appeal of the music is palpable.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 18, 2025
Indeed, if you coupled the genesis of spontaneous mutants—the giant-leaved Oenothera, say—with natural selection, then Darwin’s relentless engine was automatically set in motion.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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