originations

plural of origination

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Noun
  • Outside of his film and TV roles, Linklater has a background in theater and has played roles in a variety of Off-Broadway productions, including Cymbeline, Much Ado About Nothing, Twelfth Night and Hamlet.
    Olivia Singh, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Beyond his time on Dancing with the Stars, Derek worked on the television show Nashville and has also appeared in Broadway productions and West End shows.
    Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Powering Ahead, which is scheduled for next Thursday, will focus on innovations in energy and plastics technology.
    Katherine Fung, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
  • As evidenced by the years of work and billions spent just to attain drug approval, pharmaceutical companies go to enormous lengths to get their innovations into the marketplace.
    John Tamny, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This is a year of new beginnings, adventures and major changes in your life.
    Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 19 Sep. 2025
  • However, their beginnings were messy.
    Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Many live in complex social groups, communicate in different dialects, pass on culture through generations, engage in play and even grieve the loss of family and friends as was the case here.
    Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Over the past century, generations of specialists have tried to put Gaudí’s models back together.
    D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Considering the show’s audience, the decision to turn the story of 1066 into a family melodrama-cum-colonial parable starts to make sense.
    Will Collins, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2025
  • In turn, what should be an unconditionally loving dynamic starts to instead morph into a running competition.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Both filmmakers traced their creative origins to childhood encounters with monsters and Japanese animation.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Following this storyline, most accounts of Korea just after World War II look at these years for the origins of the Korean War.
    Kornel Chang September 19, Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Anderson, who revealed his new, lifestyle approach in July, said there are more store openings planned in London, Paris and New York.
    Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Lady beetles can fit through openings as small as 1/8 inch in size.
    Jordan Green, Nashville Tennessean, 19 Sep. 2025
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“Originations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/originations. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.

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