ORIGINATION Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

origination

noun

Definition of origination

as in production

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Recent Examples of origination This covers recording, appraisal, origination and other fees needed to complete the refinance. — Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 30 July 2026 Approval is usually fast, with no application or origination fees, and the process is much simpler than a traditional loan, since the collateral is liquid and the valuation clear. — Kristin McKenna, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026 The origination fees are standard but become part of the loan balance. — Terry Savage, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2026

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Noun

But that’s not the reality for many content creators, who are working on media production, audience retention strategies, brand partnerships and business relationships associated with their online presence.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
O'Neal said the production's overall look comes from collaboration among the lighting, costume, sound and projection designers, along with the rest of the creative team.

— Dillon Thomas, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of production

Noun

Unlike 12 years ago, predation isn’t centred on a minority; 11 different Premier League clubs have lost players to the ‘Big Six’ since the beginning of last summer.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2026
At the beginning of the year, some volunteers within Coppell ISD went door-to-door to recruit and keep students in public education.

— Lacey Beasley, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of beginning

Noun

The genesis for the school came in 2000, when Winfrey met with Nelson Mandela to discuss women’s education in South Africa.

— Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 29 July 2026
Take the genesis of this dish, which the Publican’s Rob Levitt credits to a chat with the restaurant’s founder, Paul Kahan.

— Cate Huguelet, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026

Definition of genesis

Noun

Yet here is Stribling, who appears to have every opportunity to defy the traditional Shanahan initiation ritual by making play after play so far this summer.

— Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2026
That premium repositioning is already evident at The Els Club, where membership requires a €100,000 initiation fee and new memberships are released in limited quarterly tranches.

— Mike Dojc, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of initiation

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The ability to program opposite movements into a single material could simplify the creation of soft machines with more complex behaviors.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026
The results show that evolved stars like IRS 3 can still produce dust and other materials important for the creation of future stars – even under the harsh conditions near a supermassive black hole.

— CBS News, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of creation

Noun

If, for example, a commencement speaker praising the value of artificial intelligence is met with jeers from graduates – as former Google CEO Eric Schmidt was in May 2026 – the speaker’s message is immediately rendered inert.

— Evan Clarkson, The Conversation, 6 Aug. 2026
In July, the City Council approved a fourth request for more modifications to the redevelopment agreement — which pushed back the project’s commencement from July 31, 2026, to July 31, 2027, according to city documents.

— Taylor O'Connor August 6, Kansas City Star, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of commencement

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However, the notion of the emperor’s divine origins strengthened during the Meiji era, when the concept of State Shinto arose.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
Experts suspect the hackers are from China, but neither Taiwan, nor Dream would confirm the origin of the July attacks.

— John Liu, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026

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