How to Use in origin in a Sentence
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This one is Eurasian in origin, first seen in 2022.
—Susanne Rust follow, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2026
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Hydrilla is believed to be Eurasian in origin.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 14 Mar. 2026
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Growths that look like warts might be papillomas which could be viral in origin.
—Dr. John De Jong, Boston Herald, 4 Aug. 2024
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But a shift in origin doesn’t always guarantee a shift in values.
—Zoe Bayliss Wong, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
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Sometimes, objects that loop around Earth aren’t even cosmic in origin.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Sep. 2024
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In fact, over 75% of emerging human pathogens are zoonotic in origin.
—Crystal Heath and Gene Baur, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
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And the album is Southern not just in origin and sound, but in spirit and purpose.
—Chris Kelly, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2023
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Drag became a way to reconnect with her roots — her stage name is Filipino in origin.
—Jon Freeman, Rolling Stone, 1 June 2023
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No one knows, however, what proportion of that money is criminal in origin, let alone how much comes from bribes.
—Oliver Bullough, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2019
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Most of the islands are composed of sedimentary rock, though some are volcanic in origin.
—Ethan Teekah, Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 Mar. 2026
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Digging in the dirt, James realized the coin was Japanese in origin — and made of bronze.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 10 Feb. 2026
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Maybe an anomaly will point to an object or phenomenon that is artificial—that is, alien—in origin.
—Ramin Skibba, WIRED, 13 Sep. 2023
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Many of these lakes are glacial in origin, such as Lake Winnebago, which covers 215 square miles.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024
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More than 70% of emerging infectious diseases are zoonotic in origin.
—John Drake, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
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Variegata) is one of the most cold-tolerant of the many bromeliad species, nearly all of which are tropical in origin.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 31 Oct. 2025
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At the time, Loeb did not yet have an answer to the question of whether the metallic spheres were either artificial or natural in origin.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 30 July 2025
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The Pentagon assessed that the drone involved was Iranian in origin.
—Missy Ryan, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2023
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Sudan’s tragedy is primarily Sudanese in origin, even if outsiders have played supporting roles.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
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The word, murky in origin, likely links to Indian pulao and Persian pilau through centuries of maritime trade routes.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2024
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Most significant, the language family seems to be truly archaic in origin.
—Anvita Abbi, Scientific American, 16 May 2023
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However, the researchers are not yet ruling out the possibility that at least some of the water on Earth may be primordial in origin.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 12 Mar. 2025
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The Italian movement is different in origin, but its ultimate spirit is in no-wise dissimilar.
—Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2011
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Significantly, the church will no longer endorse or verify any event as supernatural in origin.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 17 May 2024
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Rather, 1 John points out that love is divine in origin and the sacrificial death of Jesus on the cross is the ultimate expression of love.
—Mike Lowenberg, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
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The definition is fitting since the name is relatively new in origin and growing in popularity.
—Leah Campbell, Parents, 2 July 2024
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For example, broths and stews with meat and cabbage, which have been a staple in Europe’s Atlantic region for centuries, are Celtic in origin.
—Christian Mysliwiec, Fox News, 5 Mar. 2024
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The charges against Ahmed and Alaa Omer suggest that the group was, instead, authentically Sudanese in origin.
—Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 16 Oct. 2024
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While Hawaiian in origin, this unlikely surf shack, along a distinctly un-beachy stretch of Gambell Street, is all Alaska-grown.
—Mara Severin | Eating Out, Anchorage Daily News, 25 May 2023
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The distinction in origin matters little if no human ever looks at the raw data, and an AI system can recognize patterns in all of the data at once.
—Anthony Vinci, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2020
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While most houseplants are tropical in origin and, thus, are happiest when receiving bright, indirect light, a handful actually will do okay in windowless rooms.
—Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 20 Dec. 2025
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