originate
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The false widow species is said to originate from Madeira and the Canary Islands and was first seen in southern England in 1879.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
Others have pointed out that the cost to pull a borrower’s credit records is a fraction of the cost to originate a mortgage.
From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026
"From a theoretical perspective, this system is remarkable because friction does not originate from a physical surface contact, but from the collective dynamics of magnetic moments," explains Anton Lüders, who developed the theoretical description.
From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2026
Must invention remain exclusively human, or can autonomous computational systems genuinely originate ideas?
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026
This proved such a hit—Wall Street would buy your loans, even if you would not!—that a new company, called B&C mortgage, was founded to do nothing but originate and sell.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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