cradlenoun

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Origins and sources
at sourcephrase
bases
be a recipe for disaster, trouble, success, etc.idiom
beginning
birthplace
cradle
derive from something
emanate
emanate from/through something/someone
fount
fountainhead
hail
multisource
natal
origin
originate
paternity
root
seed
seed corn

Examples of provenance

provenance
Provenance and age of bacteria-like structures locations from which the specimens were obtained from were as follows.
It just is a moral outlook that refuses to acknowledge its provenance and what it needs to support it.
Biological plausibility depends not only on the machinery of wetware, but also on its epigenetic provenance.
He found metaphoric power in the absence of a visible provenance for the spring that supported life.
Negative judgments on social class, nationality, education, regional provenance, and accent, can all manifest themselves as linguistic prejudice.
Many factors, such as seed provenance, maturity at harvest and conditions of storage and sensitivity to imbibition, have been suggested to explain these apparent controversies.
This suggests a restricted distribution of such vessels, even though the many specimens with an unknown provenance argue for caution in this respect.
An extensible ontology for quality constraints is constructed with a number of quality parameters such as accuracy, resolution, freshness, certainty, and provenance.
Fortunately, in the matter at hand - designated 'ad longum' parts - we are faced with a repertory that is relatively circumscribed in chronology and provenance.
How many grains are needed for a provenance study?
The work of the art historian must include all pertinent material, regardless of its provenance from the spheres of "high" or "low" culture.
Measurement of substantially older grain cores could unduly distort zircon age patterns being acquired principally for their provenance implications.
More than a hundred excellent reproductions of photographs from the era, drawings and designs, and maps of various provenances follow the essay.
These mineralogical changes take place over a section less than 300 m thick, and potentially indicate significant differences in transport distances and in provenance.
Any volume of this kind, because of its provenance, is bound to have an eclectic flavour.
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