originate
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A growing body of research suggests that modern humans did not originate from a single location, but instead emerged through interactions among groups spread across different regions of Africa.
From Science Daily • May 3, 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
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
From which tribe did her ancestors originate and what did she know of their constitutions?
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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