originate

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Roughly 90% of these shipments and transfers originate in the U.S., primarily out of Miami.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

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

The latter measure will ensure that votes genuinely originate from the country in which they are submitted.

From BBC • May 12, 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

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