How to Use place of origin in a Sentence

place of origin

noun phrase
  • The woman's place of origin is not public information at this time, Shaw said.
    — Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Mexican food is beloved worldwide, but nothing compares to tasting dishes in their place of origin.
    — Latifah Al Hazza, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Mar. 2026
  • There have been plenty of attempts in the past to mislead consumers about a wine’s place of origin in the name of saving costs or commanding a higher price.
    — Senior Wine Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Recipients are listed below with their age, current residence and place of origin.
    — Jem Aswad, Variety, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Violations can result in orders to return animals to their place of origin or in the animals being quarantined at the place that received them.
    — Christa Swanson, CBS News, 11 June 2026
  • In other news, singles should consider dating outside of their normal type or someone from a different background, culture or place of origin — this could be the love of a lifetime!
    — Kyle Thomas, PEOPLE, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Both Italy and Spain claim to be the birthplace of this variety, but according to the grape geneticists, Spain appears to be the most likely place of origin.
    — Elisabetta Tosi, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Seeing a film made in rural Longford now finding a home with Disney reinforces our belief that stories rooted in Irish life can resonate well beyond their place of origin.
    — Alex Ritman, Variety, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Regardless of their shape or place of origin, a few of these could comfortably fit into the palm of your hand, like Monopoly board tokens, and were sometimes stored in spherical clay envelopes impressed with markings on the outside to reflect their contents.
    — Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2025
  • The profiles the algorithm developed also include detailed information on their income, race, ethnicity, place of origin, religion, language, marital status, gun ownership and more.
    — David Smiley, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Essex Honey, the full-length follow-up to 2019’s Angel’s Pulse mixtape, is shaped by grief but just as much so by meditations on a place of origin, on family and provincial neighborhood character.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025

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