originate
verb (used without object)
to take its origin or rise; begin; start; arise.
has originated
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present perfectof originate (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Nor is it a reflection on the independent mortgage bank business model that has originated most of the nation’s home loans in the wake of banks scaling back their mortgage activity after the 2007-09 recession.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
This week, it has originated in the sub-tropics and been centred more over France where temperatures have soared into the 40s Celsius.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
The combination of heavy ions contained in solar material differs depending on where it has originated from; the hotter, closed versus the cooler, open corona.
From Science Daily ● May 28, 2024
"Democracy can thrive only if citizens trust their institutions. People around Europe do not distinguish whether a scandal has originated in one or the other institution," Commission Vice President Vera Jourova said in a statement.
From Reuters ● Jun. 8, 2023
In the way above alluded to, numerous plantations in this state have been commenced, and thus the wealth of a great number of the opulent planters of this region has originated.
From The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 2 by Jonathon Holt Ingraham
