stemmed

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Perhaps half of the increase stemmed from a statistical snafu tied to last year’s lengthy government shutdown.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

The dispute stemmed from a fast-tracked special legislative session last fall.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

The property had been the subject of search warrants in the past — including one that stemmed from civil litigation with the Smart family.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

The crux of the outrage surrounding Fennell’s film stemmed largely from the fact that she refused to rename her relatively loose, aesthetic-minded adaptation with a title that didn’t directly reference Emily Brontë’s novel.

From Salon • May 3, 2026

It is not the case that all cultural advances in East Asia stemmed from China and that Koreans, Japanese, and tropical Southeast Asians were noninventive barbarians who contributed nothing.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond