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fountainhead

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ˈfau̇n-tᵊn-ˌhed

Definition of fountainhead

as in source

a point or place at which something is invented or provided historically, California has served as the fountainhead of that eclectic group of self-actualization movements known as the New Age

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the source from which something grows or develops a collection of lyrical ballads that became the fountainhead of a literary revolution

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Recent Examples of fountainhead Their destination was the ancestral hearth, spiritual fountainhead, and reliquary of antiquities, the country home of the Wariboko war-canoe family. — Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2026 Drummer Booker Stardrum sits behind the kit for rising jazz jammers SML, while Moog player Ben Vida co-founded the turn-of-the-century minimalist-ambient group Town & Country, and logged time in post-emo fountainhead Joan of Arc. — Reed Jackson, SPIN, 3 July 2026 The board pointed to the 46th annual OB Street Fair & Chili Cook-Off on Saturday, June 27, along Newport Avenue as a possible fountainhead of public input, given the usual thousands of people who attend. — Steven Mihailovich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2026 But what if, rather than a trickle of tech, the fountainhead itself comprised the car—a street-legal, limited-production Formula 1 model? — Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 13 Oct. 2025 Trump’s aggressive acts were red meat for those who view California as the fountainhead of permissive behavior. — Dan Walters, Mercury News, 11 June 2025 On the day of the Belvedere's dedication, hundreds of students from Louisville schools released balloons into the sky and watched as fountainheads sprayed water in a dazzling display. — Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 1 Mar. 2025 In the same fashion, the free university, historically the fountainhead of free ideas and scientific discovery, has experienced a revolution in the conduct of research. — Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025 From tea drinking to persimmon cultivation, the city became a fountainhead of Japanese food culture. — Megan Zhang, Saveur, 9 May 2024

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Anna Watson’s lighting keeps much of the house just dim enough to make the imagination dangerous, while Tony winner Gareth Fry’s sound design surrounds the audience with ominous noises whose sources aren’t always immediately clear.

— Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026
Amazon also looked to capitalize on the demand for AI training by marketing MTurk as a data annotation source for its SageMaker service.

— Annie Palmer, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026

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Mosquito traps have now been installed at the airport, Fraport said, adding that the mosquitos captured will be genetically analyzed by the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp, Belgium, to determine their species and origin.

— Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026
Fans of Waterbird Coffee were without their downtown Kansas City spot for just a few months before new owners strode in — single origin beans in hand — to save it.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2026

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Civilizationists see Europe as both the historic cradle of Western civilization and the key source of its greatest threat, liberalism.

— Leonard A. Schuette, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2026
Additionally, objects of cultural patrimony such as five pairs of moccasins, one coupstick, one Cheyenne cradle board and one lance were returned in the ceremony.

— News Desk, Artforum, 20 Aug. 2026

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