noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
dubious
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She was a dreary, promiscuous, disorganized piece of human driftwood, who kept having babies of dubious provenance .
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Obviously genuine pieces, but of very dubious provenance .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a rug of Iranian provenance
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Modal composition and provenance studies can therefore only be partially accurate in many siliciclastic formations.
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Sandstone sequences are the result of both provenance and tectonic environment, modified by climate, depositional environment and later diagenetic events.
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Such examination may also help us to determine provenance by revealing inclusions characteristic of particular geological sources.
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The provenance of a manure heap seemed of limited importance beside the problems presently exercising her mind.
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They are blessed with the distinguished provenance of the Pellerin Collection, formed by Auguste Pellerin between 1895 and 1925.