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Used to indicate source or provenance. quotations examples
Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. […]. Ikey the blacksmith had forged us a spearhead after a sketch from a picture of a Greek warrior; and a rake-handle served as a shaft.
1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter II, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […]
There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs, […], and all these articles […] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.
1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company
Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.
2013 June 29, “A punch in the gut”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, pages 72–3
Originating at (a year, time, etc.) examples
Used to indicate a starting point or initial reference. quotations
The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; for, even after she had conquered her love for the Celebrity, the mortification of having been jilted by him remained.
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd.
Indicating a starting point in time. examples
Indicating a starting point on a range or scale. examples
Indicating a starting point on an array or gamut of conceptual variations. examples
With reference to the location or position of a speaker or other observer or vantage point. examples
(MLE) Indicates a starting state of the predicament of the subject. Synonym of since being quotations examples
I’ve been a bad boy from a little youth.
2021 August 17, TStackz & Kapz (lyrics and music), “BGB”, 1:01–1:03
Indicating removal or separation.
(mathematics, chiefly Britain, not in formal use) Denoting a subtraction operation. examples
Indicating exclusion. examples
Indicating differentiation. quotations examples
In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, because self-fertilization will result in less diverse offspring than fertilization with pollen from another individual.
2013 May-June, Katrina G. Claw, “Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3
Produced with or out of (a substance or material). examples
Used to indicate causation; because of, as a result of. examples