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whence

[hwens, wens] / ʰwɛns, wɛns /
CONJUNCTION
from what or which place
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When he realized whence I’d lifted the dinner party bon mot, he gave me grief for my cheaply bought erudition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

The radio and TV stations whence come the music and the news could get even more anonymized: Many cars are coming off the assembly line missing that democratizing medium of the 20th century, AM radio.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2024

You may be wondering just whence that staggering valuation arises, then.

From Slate ● Mar. 28, 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

Hazel took Bigwig and Blackberry to the edge of the escarpment, whence they could look across to Nuthanger on its little hill.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams




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