whence
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He is one of the most prominent of the next generation of tabla players poised to take the next step for their instrument, begging the question of whence tabla.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2025
Grizzly populations only just recovered whence they came, now leave them alone.
From Seattle Times • May 17, 2024
You may be wondering just whence that staggering valuation arises, then.
From Slate • Mar. 28, 2024
“From whence came this woman’s strategic political genius?”
From New York Times • May 24, 2023
I caressed him, and he wagged his great tail; but he looked an eerie creature to be alone with, and I could not tell whence he had come.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Vocabulary lists containing whence
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