originating

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For one thing, communications originating abroad — the source of most illegal robocalls — are beyond the practical reach of U.S. regulators.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

Most of those Chinese imports are masked as originating in Malaysia and Indonesia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

Instead, they come from a naturally mixed population in Southern California, often originating from feral colonies living in trees.

From Science Daily • Apr. 20, 2026

This is a style of music originating in Tanzania with lyrics in Swahili and romantic melodies accompanied by an urban beat - often influenced by traditional taarab music from the East African coast.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

The engineers, Burnham charged, “had contributed little or nothing either in the way of originating novel features or of showing the possibilities of modern engineering practice in America.”

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson