ORIGINATION Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

origination

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Definition of origination

as in production

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Recent Examples of origination No mortgage insurance is required, but a guarantee fee — which is similar to mortgage insurance — may be required at origination or annually. — Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 2 July 2026 An aggregation of Deutscher Startup-Verband and registry origination data from both towns suggests the Munich and Dresden metropolitan areas are currently home to nearly 3,000 startups and counting. — Gaurav Sharma, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026 The origination fees are standard but become part of the loan balance. — Terry Savage, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2026 Consolidation loans can lower your interest charges, but this type of borrowing includes other costs, like origination fees, that can drive up overall costs. — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 26 May 2026 Greg Hart, director of loan origination at Trinity Habitat for Humanity — the branch serving Fort Worth — told Realtors association members his office was on pace to close more than 60 loans this year for working families. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 May 2026

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Noun

Other Stones records contain more classics and better production, but none holds together as well as a whole or comes as close to the sublime as this one.

— Marc Ballon, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
Ireland was the most common partner territory, appearing in nearly half of all co-productions, alongside Canada, France and India.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 July 2026

Definition of production

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More than 73,000 Palestinians have died in Gaza according to the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry, which doesn’t distinguish between civilian and militant deaths, including more than 1,000 killed since the beginning of the latest ceasefire.

— Steve Peoples, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
Johnson Products Company — which would later go on to manufacture Ultra Sheen, Classy Curl, Curly Perm and men’s cologne line Black Tie — was made from humble beginnings, grit and a revolutionary product idea.

— Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026

Definition of beginning

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Ada’s overlapping cycles of initiation and desperation are intensely dramatic, but the movie’s hectic pace leaves each of them merely encapsulated in brief onscreen action or a few lines of dialogue, left undeveloped.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 27 June 2026
Of the clubs opening in the past five years, membership fees range from around $3,000 to $15,000 a year, Hobbs said, noting that many charge initiation fees between $1,000 and a gobsmacking $200,000.

— Anna Cooban, CNN Money, 20 June 2026

Definition of initiation

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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.

— NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 9 July 2026
Nijjar, a Canadian citizen, had campaigned for the creation of Khalistan, an independent Sikh homeland carved out of India, and had been designated a terrorist by New Delhi.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 8 July 2026

Definition of creation

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Those commencement boos came from a young generation that has watched AI reframe entry-level work as inefficiency, seen generative content flood the visual landscape, and built their own creative identities through friction and craft.

— Reid Litman, Fortune, 5 July 2026
There is a reason some students booed commencement speakers who mentioned AI this graduation season.

— Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026

Definition of commencement

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The innovative fair’s first international edition will debut during Art Basel Paris and be staged in two buildings in the Marais, a swerve from its highly specific locational origins.

— News Desk, Artforum, 9 July 2026
And that historically had a sort of origin in the Drake equation, which might have fallen out of favor, but really structured the conversation for a long time.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 9 July 2026

Definition of origin

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Acuff got off to a much better start after struggling to make shots in his summer league debut on Saturday.

— Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 7 July 2026
Belgium added to the lead early in the second half on a major error from goalie Matt Freese, who had given up just one goal in his first three starts.

— Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026

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