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whence

[hwens, wens] / ʰwɛns, wɛns /
CONJUNCTION
from what or which place
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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

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

From New York Times • May 24, 2023

Who are the Japanese, when and whence did they come to Japan, and how did they evolve their unique speech?

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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