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
  • Upcoming productions from the wider business include feature film Tenzing for Apple Original Films, Grown Ups for Netflix, The Great White for ABC in Australia and Disney, alongside returning seasons of Slow Horses and Sweetpea.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Karen Bass called a press conference to say Los Angeles productions are at a standstill and Angelenos aren’t getting paid.
    — Joseph Kahn, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 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
  • Of the industrial innovations underpinning this order, the assembly line and vertical integration were most significant.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026
  • As the Harvard historian Steven Shapin writes in his book The Scientific Life, countless innovations such as these that originated in corporate labs during the 20th century helped change the public’s perception of science.
    — Matthew Sun, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of innovations
Noun
  • Her life right now is big on both reflection and new beginnings.
    — Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2026
  • One thing that has remained constant since True Religion’s Y2K beginnings has been celebrity fans.
    — Sarah Jones, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of beginnings
Noun
  • The company says this allows new battery generations to use much of the existing manufacturing foundation.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Our community now spans film, music, fashion and sport, different generations and different cultures.
    — Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 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 four career starts against the big-league opponents, Madsen is 0-4 and has mostly struggled.
    — Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The playbook that drove the first $100 million starts to drag.
    — Doug May, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of starts
Noun
  • The actor opened up about the origins of his steely exterior in a 2023 interview with USA TODAY.
    — Edward Segarra, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Arte Distribution has Origins, A Tale of Light, a science doc that uses images created by artist Roman Hill, about the origins of the Universe.
    — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of origins
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