originate

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Data from Ontario, Canada's most populous province, shows that the majority of handguns recovered from crimes in 2024 - about 91% - originate from the US.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

ING estimates that around one-third of all new molecules that are in global pipelines originate in China, compared with 4% 12 years ago.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 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

Must invention remain exclusively human, or can autonomous computational systems genuinely originate ideas?

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

And so, to generate $1 billion in triple-B-rated subprime mortgage bonds, Goldman Sachs did not need to originate $50 billion in home loans.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis