Thesaurus results for SOURCES

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noun

plural of source

as in origins

a point or place at which something is invented or provided we were uncertain as to the source of the rumors a source of inspiration

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as in headwaters

the beginning part of a stream 19th-century explorers who sought the source of the Nile

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as in references

something mentioned in a text as providing related and especially supporting information the professor asked the students to have at least five different sources for their papers

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present tense third-person singular of source

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Renewable energy credits serve as proof that a company uses electricity from clean energy sources like solar farms, according to the Retail Energy Supply Association. — Sydney Sasser, Arkansas Online, 1 Sep. 2026 Other dark leafy greens, such as Swiss chard and collard greens, are good sources, too. — Jo Ann Liguori, Flow Space, 31 Aug. 2026 How experts can earn trust Experts cannot assume that others see them as trustworthy or that people will pay attention to them while ignoring sources who have demonstrated other aspects of trustworthiness. — John C. Besley, The Conversation, 31 Aug. 2026 Larger, older cities toward the core of the Phoenix metro tend to have more taxpayers, deeper pockets, larger staffs and a long history of securing access to different sources of water. — Alex Hager, NPR, 31 Aug. 2026 Neutrinos, which are produced in the sun as well as other astrophysical sources and are constantly zipping through the Earth, are notoriously difficult to measure. — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 31 Aug. 2026 Anthropic closely guards its training data sources, but music publishers think the court should require more transparency. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2026 Under the legal framework, casualties are expected, since a non-lethal option is not considered possible, the sources said. — Laura Romero, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026 However, royal sources speculate that the couple is less than thrilled. — Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 24 Aug. 2026

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Norway’s monarchy has old roots, tracing its origins to King Harald Fairhair in the ninth century.

— Jan M. Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
Others turn them off to disguise the origins of the shipment.

— Jane Arraf, NPR, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of origins

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The agreement was made at a time when the region had a smaller population and benefited from wetter years, with much more snow to feed the river’s headwaters in the Rocky Mountains.

— Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Following an exceedingly warm year that has left the Colorado River’s headwaters in the Rocky Mountains largely snowless, Lake Mead is nearing a record-low level.

— Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026

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What would have taken a novice lapsed coder like me hours of time struggling with physics models and code references was already in a functional, ready-to-test state with minimal effort.

— Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2026
GPTZero investigation published 14 May 2026 found 16 of 27 citations fabricated, misattributed, or broken, including references to Forbes, McKinsey, Gartner, TechCrunch, and WIRED.

— Ted Ladd, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of references

Verb

Alone in her tiny studio apartment, Sarah-Jane Hoadley regularly documents her life as a single woman in her 40s with no friends.

— Amen Galinato, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
The accomplished small firm was rather inexplicably the sole Chicago firm featured in a new book by former Architectural Record editors that documents design-savvy designers between the coasts.

— Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of documents

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Wildlife managers and volunteers will be closing more than 14 miles of stream and tributaries in Rocky Mountain National Park on Monday to start a weeklong operation meant to clear new habitat for Colorado's state fish.

— Logan Smith, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026
In Michigan, the only state entirely within the watershed, officials are testing 200 tributaries for microplastics.

— Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of tributaries

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The children reported their finding to the authorities, and the investigation began.

— Veronica Fulton, NBC news, 25 Aug. 2026
When federal authorities announced the case in 2022, investigators said Jacobsen may have been in contact with as many as 175 potential victims through Snapchat.

— Dean J. Condoleo, Sacbee.com, 25 Aug. 2026

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