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wellspring

[wel-spring] / ˈwɛlˌsprɪŋ /


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No one has to tell Adams about the economic hurdles that nonprofit theaters, the wellspring of new plays in America, are confronting.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

Murnau, a village in the Bavarian Alps about 45 miles from Munich, became Münter’s wellspring.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 10, 2026

Angela’s vivid mood swings are a wellspring of entertainment; Tommy associates her phone number with an orchestral ringtone that sounds like a horror movie jump scare.

From Salon • Nov. 16, 2025

The weight of that history — at a school known both for its wellspring of quarterbacks and lineage of Polynesian stars — hasn’t been lost on Maiava, who called it “a blessing and a privilege.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2024

Hamilton was, after George Washington, the most powerful figure in the Federalist party and, his advocates would have added, the intellectual wellspring for all the political energy that Washington merely symbolized.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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