whence
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You may be wondering just whence that staggering valuation arises, then.
From Slate ● Mar. 28, 2024
You may have looked at this strange, jolly person and wondered whence he came and what kind of career could have sustained him to this point.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2024
Colorado is believed to be particularly vulnerable to a defection back to the conference from whence it came to the Pac-12 in 2011.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 20, 2023
Like the series from whence it originates, "Queen Charlotte" is designed to woo the viewer with visual splendor.
From Salon ● May 6, 2023
In the end no one was left, and the she-goats and the he-goats returned from the hills whence they had fled, and they looked in innocence at the death camp of the people.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
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