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- noun Plural form of
origin .
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Examples
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And after reading a bunch a word origins from the Latin you're no closer to choosing.
Mark Silver: Discipline versus Flow in Your Small Business 2008
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One positive consequence of criticizing myths of pure national or ethnic origins is that it could help undermine prejudice and discriminatory behaviours.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Genetic Evidence Shows Common Origins of Jews 2010
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Collecting data on racial origins is actually a criminal offence therefore there are no very reliable statistics.
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Readers who cling to the Latin origins of data may protest the singular form on principle, but this gripe is misguided.
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And finally, despite my previous acceptance of evolutionary theory as ‘fact,’ I came to the realization that intelligent design, as a theory of origins, is no more religious, and no less scientific, than evolutionism …
Think Progress » Sarah Palin calls global warming studies ‘snake oil science.’ 2010
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You have to remember that in origins research we are not looking for what actually happened.
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You can't easily replicate that kind of creepy omniscience, and until today it makes me wonder whether some god-like entity of biological origins is behind the progress of human civilization.
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The "truth about your origins" is (get ready for it) a plot by Emperor Constantine!
June 21st, 2009 m_francis 2009
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It cannot explain origins, or the actual presence of forms and behaviors.
A New Book 2010
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That kind access to our origins is enviable, but the subsequent pace of change has been violently fast.
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