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But Venters said that the brand’s namesake designer is still dead-set on the company remaining a stalwart British brand-not straying too far from its cultural origin.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
Debates about the underlying evolutionary mechanisms followed, even at the molecular level, but these discussions raced ahead without anchoring the origin of osteoderms in a clear evolutionary timeline leading to today’s reptiles.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2026
The drone's origin had not been confirmed, the centre added.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
Epidemiological investigations are under way to establish the origin of the outbreak.
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
However, origin stories may leave out key aspects of what actually happened and overemphasize others.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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