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
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
In fact, the power of the Franks was always viewed by the Greeks and Romans with a jealous eye, whence the Greek proverb ‘Have the Frank for your friend, but not for your neighbor.’
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
True, we did not know whence, or how, or when, the bolt would come; but I think we all expected that something strange would happen.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
Vocabulary lists containing whence
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