originate
verb
orig·i·nate
ə-ˈri-jə-ˌnāt 
originated; originating
: to give rise to : initiate
The composer originated 10 songs for the Broadway musical.
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Examples of originate in a Sentence
These stories originated during earlier times.
The book originated as a series of lectures.
The sound seemed to originate from outside the room.
The custom is believed to have originated in the western U.S.
He did not originate the idea.
The policy was originated by the previous administration.
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The logo for Fitzpatrick Gallery originated from that project.
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With the Cali Fund, profits derived from biodiversity could be distributed more equitably, especially to the countries where these resources originate.
—David Carlin, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Quartz Bot, Quartz, 7 Nov. 2024
The logo for Fitzpatrick Gallery originated from that project.
—Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 5 Nov. 2024
With the Cali Fund, profits derived from biodiversity could be distributed more equitably, especially to the countries where these resources originate.
—David Carlin, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Taurus is the showers’ radiant from which meteors appear to originate.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
See all Example Sentences for originate
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originate
verb
orig·i·nate
ə-ˈri-jə-ˌnāt
originated; originating
: to give rise to
specifically
: to issue (a mortgage loan) usually for subsequent sale in a pool of mortgage loans to a secondary market compare service
: to take or have origin
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