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origin

[awr-i-jin, or-] / ˈɔr ɪ dʒɪn, ˈɒr- /




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To better understand the origin of this signal, scientists look beyond our galaxy.

From Science Daily • Apr. 10, 2026

It would be hard to think of an artist with a more fraught origin story than Noguchi.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Symbols lose their value if we forget where they came from, if we lose connection with their primordial origin.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

Ending dual citizenship would force me to choose between the country of my origin and the country of my parents’ origin.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

This was the missing link in Darwin's logic: reproductive incompatibility, ultimately derived from genetic incompatibility, drove the origin of novel species.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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