How to Use point of origin in a Sentence

point of origin

noun phrase
  • Jamming can cause a drone to crash or return to its point of origin.
    — ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Berlant, the fire marshal, said the point of origin of the fire has been identified.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Dispersal refers to the idea of life spreading far, far beyond its point of origin.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Meteor showers take their name from the location of their point of origin.
    — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 11 Aug. 2024
  • Meteor showers take their name from the location of their point of origin.
    — Julia Musto, Fox News, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The cause and point of origin of the fire is under investigation.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 23 Jan. 2024
  • That was the point of origin to start the Grayson Murray Foundation.
    — Mac Engel may 16, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 May 2025
  • Backscattering, meanwhile, refers to what occurs when signals such as sound waves reflect back to their point of origin.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 7 Sep. 2023
  • But the moniker is usually tied to a location near the point of origin, Reichling said.
    — Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 21 May 2024
  • Most people want to reduce everything, including books, to a single point of origin.
    — Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Burn patterns on rocks, brush and debris hold clues for investigators, who can determine how the fire moved and trace it back to its point of origin.
    — Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News, 26 Jan. 2025
  • The airline said on X that 16 flights were being diverted or returning to their point of origin.
    — Nbc News, NBC news, 13 June 2025
  • Meteors will appear to come from the shower's point of origin, or radiant, near Orion.
    — Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Further observations will likely be needed to determine the sounds’ point of origin.
    — Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 18 May 2023
  • Last weekend, a flight from San Francisco to Denver had also struck a bird and returned to its point of origin.
    — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 30 Mar. 2024
  • The need to stash a room-size vehicle at its point of origin, its destination, and just about anywhere in between has become the primary shaper of cities.
    — Curbed, 29 Nov. 2023
  • That’s when the meteor shower’s point of origin, located in the Perseus constellation, is at its highest point in the sky.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 13 Feb. 2025
  • Its exact point of origin, precisely what alien civilization sent it out, and why our planet was targeted remains unknown.
    — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 14 Nov. 2025
  • The pop star's iconic single randomly began playing at the top of Wednesday's live episode of the long-running talk show, with its point of origin still unknown.
    — Joey Nolfi Published, EW.com, 14 May 2025
  • Shippers will be able to track individual containers from point of origin to point of arrival at the dock through to the shipment to the final destination.
    — Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 15 Jan. 2026
  • His desire to see his point of origin to more fully understand his own magnificence of course only illustrated his monstrousness.
    — Diana Arterian june 16, Literary Hub, 16 June 2025
  • One aspect that makes the Lacks case special is that the HeLa cell line bears her name, making all the research stemming from it traceable to her as the point of origin.
    — Gretchen Cuda Kroen, cleveland, 12 Aug. 2023
  • The blaze appears to have originated in the garage, but the source and official point of origin are pending further investigation, police said.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 31 May 2023
  • The idea, as always in artillery operations, is to launch a payload and then clear out of the area before an enemy can locate the projectile’s point of origin and respond.
    — Popular Mechanics, 31 Mar. 2023
  • What caused the fire is under investigation, but Oakland Fire said the building's rear exterior was the point of origin.
    — Jose Fabian, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Flightradar24 said 18 flights had been diverted to other airports, mostly in the New York area, or returned to their point of origin.
    — Gursimran Mehar, USA Today, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Although they are caused by Halley’s Comet, the Orionids get their name from their apparent point of origin — what astronomers call their radiant point.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
  • However, this material can eventually return to its point of origin, causing the neutron star to become even more extreme and unusual.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The Perseids get their name from the constellation Perseus, where their radiant — or apparent point of origin — is located.
    — Todd Karpovich, Baltimore Sun, 12 Aug. 2025
  • After completing some levels of the game, players also had to shoot a flare back toward their point of origin—a dead-reckoning test analogous to the pointing-to-out-of-sight-locations task.
    — Bob Holmes, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Apr. 2024

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