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whence

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

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

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

From New York Times • May 24, 2023

He was intent on keeping the secret of azoth, it would seem, even in this city whence, long ago, the secret had come.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor




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