stem from
phrasal verb
stemmed from; stemming from; stems from
: to be caused by (something or someone) : to come from (something or someone)
Most of her health problems stem from an accident she had when she was younger.
His love of the outdoors stems from his father.
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Sean Kingston and his mother Janice Turner have been found guilty of federal charges stemming from more than $1 million in wire fraud.
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Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 28 Mar. 2025
But there was a heaviness around the team stemming from some of Tortorella’s reactions in the days and weeks that followed.
—Kevin Kurz, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
In November 2024, a superseding indictment was unsealed in a Brooklyn federal court for charges stemming from murders allegedly ordered and committed by national leaders, members and associates of MS-13.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2025
The case stems from a 2021 timeshare agreement between the Akeos and Palace Elite – a subsidiary of The Palace Company, a hospitality business, Akeo family attorney John Manly told CNN.
—Polo Sandoval, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2025
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Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 28 Mar. 2025
But there was a heaviness around the team stemming from some of Tortorella’s reactions in the days and weeks that followed.
—Kevin Kurz, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
In November 2024, a superseding indictment was unsealed in a Brooklyn federal court for charges stemming from murders allegedly ordered and committed by national leaders, members and associates of MS-13.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2025
The case stems from a 2021 timeshare agreement between the Akeos and Palace Elite – a subsidiary of The Palace Company, a hospitality business, Akeo family attorney John Manly told CNN.
—Polo Sandoval, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2025
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“Stem from.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stem%20from. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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