provenance
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“The property’s celebrity provenance and distinctive design details will naturally generate significant interest,” she said.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026
Almost 30,000 native trees of Irish provenance, such as oak, alder and rowan, have been planted on the 41-acre site which is situated at Lenamore Wood, near Gortin in Omagh.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
Pinning down the drones’ provenance is made intentionally difficult.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026
Joining them is a boy of unknown provenance who, the others guess, was warned by his parents to keep silent and has never spoken since.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Pacing the length of the quarterdeck, I thought upon things I could have asked Mademoiselle Nsia: the provenance of the songs and their meanings, who had taught them her.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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