whence

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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

“From whence came this woman’s strategic political genius?”

From New York Times • May 24, 2023

Sir Ector stood on the top of a rick, whence he could see what everybody was doing, and shouted commands all over the two-hundred-acre field, and grew purple in the face.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White