country of origin

noun phrase

: the country where something or someone comes from

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Each of Netflix’s big three is a local landmark, the streamer’s biggest show out of its country of origin. Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2024 Clicking on a film reveals not just data like category, credits, year, and country of origin (some of which is crowdsourced or refined by the site’s followers), but also the quality of its available print. Gayle Sequeira, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2024 The film changes Benítez’s country of origin to Mexico and alters his most recent post from Baghdad to Kabul, Afghanistan. Eric Andersson, People.com, 26 Oct. 2024 Set in November 2021, the film charts 26 royal treasures from the Kingdom of Dahomey that are due to leave Paris and return to their country of origin, the present-day Republic of Benin. Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 25 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for country of origin 

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“Country of origin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/country%20of%20origin. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.

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