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- noun Plural form of
provenance .
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Examples
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Not all the businesses in the arcades have such ancient provenances.
Paris Under Glass 2010
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Many of its catchphrases have been in common British use for so long that their provenances have been lost in the mists of time.
News You Shouldn't Use Richard Holledge 2011
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That summer, Zitelman signed a formal Assurance of Voluntary Compliance with the Maryland Secretary of State, who regulates Save a Torah, that his outfit henceforth would describe the provenances of purportedly "rescued" Torahs only "if there is documentation or an independent verifiable witness to such history."
Menachem Rosensaft: Demanding Accountability In The 'Holocaust Torah Scrolls' Scam Menachem Rosensaft 2012
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Today we confront a daily cascade of photographs from a welter of provenances, and routinely deal with each.
Of Lost People and Lands of Fragments William Meyers 2011
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Many of its catchphrases have been in common British use for so long that their provenances have been lost in the mists of time.
Britain's All-Seeing Private Eye Richard Holledge 2011
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Not all the businesses in the arcades have such ancient provenances.
Paris Under Glass 2010
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That summer, Zitelman signed a formal Assurance of Voluntary Compliance with the Maryland Secretary of State, who regulates Save a Torah, that his outfit henceforth would describe the provenances of purportedly "rescued" Torahs only "if there is documentation or an independent verifiable witness to such history."
Menachem Rosensaft: Demanding Accountability In The 'Holocaust Torah Scrolls' Scam Menachem Rosensaft 2012
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Haseltine concocted various “special provenances” for many of the rarities that he handled, when they actually came from the Mint.
CLASSIC RARITIES: Adams-Carter 1804 Class III Silver Dollar : Coin Collecting News 2009
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The detailed provenances and constant naming of names have some diners crying uncle, but wouldn't you rather know that your eggs, for example, are from happy heirloom hens (as were the ones your great grandparents used to eat) rather than mass-produced ones that may well have salmonella?
The Good Earth 2010
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Not their provenances, the list of previous owners and experts who had formally inspected the pieces.
The Black Madonna Davis Bunn 2010
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