in origin
idiom
—used to refer to a source or cause
The English word "rendezvous" is French in origin.
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More than 200 of the Catholic Church’s 266 popes have been Italian in origin, but the last several papal elections have seen the church buck that norm.
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Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 4 May 2025
But a shift in origin doesn’t always guarantee a shift in values.
—Zoe Bayliss Wong, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Related article Historic asteroid sample reveals the ‘building blocks of life are in fact extraterrestrial in origin,’ scientists say
Yet another hypothesis suggests that organic molecules didn’t originate on Earth at all.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2025
However, the researchers are not yet ruling out the possibility that at least some of the water on Earth may be primordial in origin.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 12 Mar. 2025
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Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 4 May 2025
But a shift in origin doesn’t always guarantee a shift in values.
—Zoe Bayliss Wong, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Related article Historic asteroid sample reveals the ‘building blocks of life are in fact extraterrestrial in origin,’ scientists say
Yet another hypothesis suggests that organic molecules didn’t originate on Earth at all.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2025
However, the researchers are not yet ruling out the possibility that at least some of the water on Earth may be primordial in origin.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 12 Mar. 2025
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“In origin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20origin. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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