originations

noun

plural of origination
1
as in productions

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as in commencements

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  1. productions
  2. commencements
  3. innovations
  4. beginnings
  5. generations
  6. initiations
  7. starts
  8. origins
Noun
  • Opera Carolina also has launched a fundraising campaign, which officials say will support artistic productions, education initiatives and long-term financial growth.
    — Catherine Muccigrosso July 24, Charlotte Observer, 24 July 2026
  • Its mix of cascading waterfalls, misty cloud forests, volcanic terrain and remote mountain landscapes gives productions access to a wide range of visual worlds within a reduced area.
    — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 24 July 2026
Definition of productions
Noun
  • The students booing artificial intelligence at commencements across the country are not just worried about jobs.
    — Mark Bardeen Andrejevic, Washington Post, 10 July 2026
  • Recent Harvard commencements have grown much more political.
    — Michael Casey, Fortune, 29 May 2026
Definition of commencements
Noun
  • Ramirez also tries to stay ahead of the curve on innovations in the food truck industry.
    — Jacob Sisneros, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2026
  • Improving safety in the field Key innovations for the new tissue include the ability to hold water at room temperature for months on end without desiccating or needing refridgeration.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 25 July 2026
Definition of innovations
Noun
  • Following its beginnings in 2008, Holland Cooper is approaching its 20th anniversary.
    — Rachel Burchfield, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • From its beginnings as a form, the novel has dealt with love and hate, war and peace, courage and cowardice, boredom and catastrophe.
    — Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026
Definition of beginnings
Noun
  • After witnessing the same families repeatedly return to his courtroom across generations, Judge Langer sought a new preventive approach that would support young parents in foster care.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
  • This might help teach younger generations how to hunt, Higuera says.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 23 July 2026
Definition of generations
Noun
  • Plus, quiet periods are ending for banks that worked on last month’s blockbuster IPO, so we’re met with a flood of analyst initiations.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 7 July 2026
  • But some like the Kimbell’s have eyes and other piercings cut into them and used likely as part of initiations or the end of a ritual.
    — James Russell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Nov. 2025
Definition of initiations
Noun
  • In his career, Locke has registered 26 starts across 90 total appearances.
    — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 July 2026
  • Hoover turned the ball over 42 times in 31 starts with the Horned Frogs.
    — Antonio Morales, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Definition of starts
Noun
  • Latinx historians in the volume raise another possibility, that the country’s origins run through the West as well, not only through Virginia or Philadelphia.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026
  • Groves will mine personal archives, company records, patents and the sporting press to document Fred Perry’s origins from 1952 and reframe its legacy for today.
    — Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 23 July 2026
Definition of origins
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