How to Use in origin in a Sentence

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• The word, murky in origin, likely links to Indian pulao and Persian pilau through centuries of maritime trade routes.
  — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2024
• And the album is Southern not just in origin and sound, but in spirit and purpose.
  — Chris Kelly, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2023
• Drag became a way to reconnect with her roots — her stage name is Filipino in origin.
  — Jon Freeman, Rolling Stone, 1 June 2023
• But maybe the who in question is ectoplasmic in origin.
  — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2023
• The Pentagon assessed that the drone involved was Iranian in origin.
  — Missy Ryan, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2023
• While Hawaiian in origin, this unlikely surf shack, along a distinctly un-beachy stretch of Gambell Street, is all Alaska-grown.
  — Mara Severin | Eating Out, Anchorage Daily News, 25 May 2023
• No one knows, however, what proportion of that money is criminal in origin, let alone how much comes from bribes.
  — Oliver Bullough, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2019
• Maybe an anomaly will point to an object or phenomenon that is artificial—that is, alien—in origin.
  — Ramin Skibba, WIRED, 13 Sep. 2023
• But the tradition of cooking black-eyed peas with rice is African in origin and spread throughout the South, especially in the Carolinas, in the form of pilaus or rice dishes simmered for a long time with chicken or shrimp.
  — Hannah Hayes, Southern Living, 25 Sep. 2023
• Another theory suggests that the concept of oni (or at least the word itself) is Chinese in origin — and may have been introduced to Japan from China alongside Buddhism.
  — Alex Orlando, Discover Magazine, 24 July 2023
• While none of the UAP reports have been confirmed as being foreign in origin, the possibility is being investigated.
  — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 19 Oct. 2023
• Most significant, the language family seems to be truly archaic in origin.
  — Anvita Abbi, Scientific American, 16 May 2023
• The fundamental question scientists hope to answer is whether the meteor was natural in origin, or artificially-made.
  — Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 7 July 2023
• For many, tiki bars are more vintage California than anything actually or ostensibly Pacific Islander in origin.
  — Ben Mims, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 2 Oct 2024