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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Lewis is a Navy veteran who uses the VA's community care option to pay for treatment of a back injury stemming from his military service.
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Tony Leys, NPR, 7 Aug. 2025
The outage, which began at 6:12 p.m. ET and was resolved within a few hours, stemmed from an issue with the airline’s weight and balance computer system, known as Unimatic, and was unrelated to recent cybersecurity concerns in the industry, the company said.
—Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2025
Alex Beutel, safety research lead, gave the example of a query about the burning temperature of a certain material, saying that such an interest could stem from terrorist ambitions or homework.
—Eliza Strickland, IEEE Spectrum, 7 Aug. 2025
There’s tension between your respective needs: your need for comfort, for the trust and safety that stem from sharing basic values related to kindness and respect (or perhaps just for an uninterrupted dinner conversation).
—Miriam Kirmayer, SELF, 6 Aug. 2025
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Tony Leys, NPR, 7 Aug. 2025
The outage, which began at 6:12 p.m. ET and was resolved within a few hours, stemmed from an issue with the airline’s weight and balance computer system, known as Unimatic, and was unrelated to recent cybersecurity concerns in the industry, the company said.
—Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2025
Alex Beutel, safety research lead, gave the example of a query about the burning temperature of a certain material, saying that such an interest could stem from terrorist ambitions or homework.
—Eliza Strickland, IEEE Spectrum, 7 Aug. 2025
There’s tension between your respective needs: your need for comfort, for the trust and safety that stem from sharing basic values related to kindness and respect (or perhaps just for an uninterrupted dinner conversation).
—Miriam Kirmayer, SELF, 6 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for stem from
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“Stem from.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stem%20from. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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