wellspring
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Synonyms for wellspring
Synonyms
cradle, font, fountain, fountainhead, origin, root, seedbed, source, spring, well
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Prince wanted to teach readers about Black Wall Street in Tulsa, Oklahoma, a wellspring of black entrepreneurship that flourished in the early twentieth century. — Dan Piepenbring, The New Yorker, "The Book of Prince," 2 Sep. 2019 First, those voices are truly the wellspring of a tradition of interpretation. — P.r. Lockhart, Vox, "How slavery became America’s first big business," 16 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'wellspring.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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