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'originate' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'originate' with 7 example sentences.


originate verb

: come into existence; take on form or shape

: bring into being

: begin a trip at a certain point, as of a plane, train, bus, etc.


  • The custom originated in China.
  • Democracy originated in Ancient Greece.
  • I must know where these quotations originate.
  • Potatoes, tomatoes, and peppers originated in the Americas.
  • The fire originated from carelessness.
  • The theory of relativity originated with Einstein.
  • Where did the Olympic Games originate?
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