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provenance

noun as in birthplace

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The guild said it agreed with the SWA that "provenance and a sense of place is a critical element of whisky" and English whisky distillers' grain had to be sourced from the UK.

From BBC

You would not get all the information about respective photos that you typically would today: “What is the provenance, how many of it was made? No, it was just you bought a print for $300.”

The AP’s own report says it also created a visual timeline using available materials but the results “offer little evidence about the provenance of the photo.”

The bronze sculpture had been bequeathed to Bryanston in 1975 by a former governor, but its provenance had been forgotten, until now.

From BBC

But when informed about the origin, testers' preferences shifted strongly in favor of imported Atlantic salmon, highlighting the power of provenance in consumer tastes.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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