originate with

idiom

: to be first thought of, created, or produced by

That idea did not originate with him.

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Recent Examples on the Web Unlike many other regional gardens, this one didn’t originate with a land donation from a wealthy patron. —

Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2022 Our long-simmering political and cultural rot do not originate with Donald Trump. —

WSJ, 22 Oct. 2020 Building morale is critical, and integrity, honesty, and trust originate with the actions of the leader. —

Melanie Fine, Forbes, 1 July 2022 A lot of them originate with totally unverified, and unverifiable, posts on microblogging sites like Weibo. —

Sascha Segan, PCMAG, 14 Mar. 2022 The idea of nukes as an insurance policy does not originate with Iran, but rather goes back over more than a decade to ultimately failed U.S.-North Korea diplomacy. —

Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Dec. 2021 Typically, 20% to 25% of OSHA inspections originate with a complaint. —

The Associated. Press, Arkansas Online, 10 Nov. 2021 The requests didn't originate with either Harris or Emhoff, but rather, from the Navy. —

Tim Perry, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2021 The remarketing/retargeting trend certainly did not originate with Facebook. —

Bernard May, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2021 See More

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