originate in

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In fact, it is a family of cancers that originate in the bone marrow, then flow through the blood rather than form a single mass.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

Because all dystonias originate in the brain, treatments are challenging.

From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026

"We want the jobs of the future to be in Germany, we want that ideas that originate in Germany can also grow in Germany."

From Barron's • Dec. 18, 2025

"Some of these microvesicles originate in a neuron in your brain, and they're like messengers carrying cargo," Gibbons explained.

From Science Daily • Dec. 17, 2025

“They are said to originate in the city of Prague,” said the consul.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman