spring from
verb
sprang from or sprung from; sprung from; springing from; springs from
informal
: to start from or be caused by (something)
The idea sprang from a dream I had.
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Knowing what to put in the ground first — and when — separates a productive spring from a frustrating one.
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Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 13 May 2026
In this sense, the burger music insult springs from a gut sense that the artist’s success depends on listeners who’d scoff at the more experimental musicians who paved the way and haven’t spent time or effort learning about the scene’s origins.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 8 May 2026
The Costume Institute sprang from the Museum of Costume Art, an independent entity that was formed in 1937 and was led by Irene Lewisohn, the founder of the Neighborhood Playhouse.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 4 May 2026
Both spring from some primordial, paradoxical desire to see oneself and to lose oneself — to be acknowledged by the vast universe as something singular with meaning and purpose, and also to merge with that vastness, to overflow the constraints of one tiny body, one narrow soul.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 1 May 2026
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Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 13 May 2026
In this sense, the burger music insult springs from a gut sense that the artist’s success depends on listeners who’d scoff at the more experimental musicians who paved the way and haven’t spent time or effort learning about the scene’s origins.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 8 May 2026
The Costume Institute sprang from the Museum of Costume Art, an independent entity that was formed in 1937 and was led by Irene Lewisohn, the founder of the Neighborhood Playhouse.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 4 May 2026
Both spring from some primordial, paradoxical desire to see oneself and to lose oneself — to be acknowledged by the vast universe as something singular with meaning and purpose, and also to merge with that vastness, to overflow the constraints of one tiny body, one narrow soul.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 1 May 2026
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“Spring from.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spring%20from. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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