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.

Examples of stem from in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But as Brandon Contes of Awful Announcing points out, Cowherd and Payton are close friends, stemming from the latter’s time with Fox Sports during his break from coaching, prompting some to question if Cowherd may be more in the know with this particular situation than some might think. —Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025

The compromise would reverse layoffs of 4,000 federal workers stemming from the shutdown, which a federal judge blocked. —Joey Garrison, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025

Part of the reason for that delay stems from a trademark dispute with their former bandmates, bassist Jim Kale and drummer Garry Peterson, which was finally settled in 2024. —Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 10 Nov. 2025

That probably stems from the extraordinary effort his players have produced across this block of fixtures. —James McNicholas, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025

Rhymes for stem from

• become
• checksum
• humdrum
• income
• outcome
• succumb
• therefrom
• wherefrom
• abomasum
• bum
• chum
• come