place of origin
noun phrase
: the place where something is made or created
The wine is named for its place of origin.
Examples of place of origin in a Sentence
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In the paper’s supplementary materials, a brief history of kissing pinpointed South Asia as the place of origin and traced the first literary buss to 1500 B.C., when Vedic Sanskrit manuscripts were being transcribed from oral history.
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Franz Lidz, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2024
This nationalism is defined not by place of origin or color of skin but by one’s contributions to the well-being of the community.
—Børge Brende, Foreign Affairs, 2 Jan. 2020
Its name, preserving the link to its place of origin, reflects the long-standing tradition and social heritage of British horse racing and fashion.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
The British Museum, like other cultural institutions across the Western world, is facing calls to return many artifacts to their place of origin.
—Jack Guy, CNN, 19 Feb. 2024
In sonorous, curiously futuristic-sounding voiceovers in the Fon language spoken in Benin, the early 19th century ruler describes thousands of years of darkness in a foreign land after being uprooted like countless others from his place of origin.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Feb. 2024
Each bright orange and green label sports a parrot and the Jamaican flag, a salute to its place of origin.
—Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 14 Dec. 2023
Scents of new needles on trees and forest floor transport gin connoisseurs to the spirit’s place of origin: a vast, green Oregonian woodland.
—Claudia Alarcón, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
Each technique includes a geography lesson on its place of origin as well as its history.
—Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
Franz Lidz, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2024
This nationalism is defined not by place of origin or color of skin but by one’s contributions to the well-being of the community.
—Børge Brende, Foreign Affairs, 2 Jan. 2020
Its name, preserving the link to its place of origin, reflects the long-standing tradition and social heritage of British horse racing and fashion.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
The British Museum, like other cultural institutions across the Western world, is facing calls to return many artifacts to their place of origin.
—Jack Guy, CNN, 19 Feb. 2024
In sonorous, curiously futuristic-sounding voiceovers in the Fon language spoken in Benin, the early 19th century ruler describes thousands of years of darkness in a foreign land after being uprooted like countless others from his place of origin.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Feb. 2024
Each bright orange and green label sports a parrot and the Jamaican flag, a salute to its place of origin.
—Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 14 Dec. 2023
Scents of new needles on trees and forest floor transport gin connoisseurs to the spirit’s place of origin: a vast, green Oregonian woodland.
—Claudia Alarcón, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
Each technique includes a geography lesson on its place of origin as well as its history.
—Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
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“Place of origin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/place%20of%20origin. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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