originate

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Believed to originate from North Africa, the roughly 230 primates are the main attraction in the British exclave of 30,000 people that borders southern Spain, according to the Gibraltar Ornithological and Natural History Society.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

Protecting humanity from the next pandemic, and the ones after that, depends on gaining an accurate understanding of how pathogens originate and reach human communities.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

When asked where most airborne microplastics originate, lead author Andreas Stohl explained: "The now scaled emission estimates show that over 20 times more microplastic particles are emitted on land than from the ocean."

From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2026

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

Such diamonds are already known to exist in meteorites that have survived impact, and that may originate ultimately from comets.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan