How to Use genesis in a Sentence

genesis

noun
  • That sense of purpose was central to the event’s genesis.
    James Manso, WWD, 24 Sep. 2024
  • Amazon’s web services arm had its genesis in Cape Town.
    Jackie Bischof, Quartz Africa, 26 Feb. 2021
  • While Nike was founded in 1964, Puma had its genesis decades earlier.
    Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online, 27 Feb. 2021
  • That was the genesis of the Revivalists, the most successful New Orleans rock band of the past 20 years.
    Keith Spera, NOLA.com, 8 Jan. 2021
  • The image of a long line of Renault 18s loaded with fuel canisters speeding down the road stayed in my mind and became the genesis of this film.
    Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 5 Sep. 2024
  • This sparked a series of diversity training and the genesis of the Racial Bias in Retail Study.
    Pascale Diverlus, refinery29.com, 9 Feb. 2021
  • Creators analyzed lies and their taxonomy, their genesis, their purveyors, and their victims.
    Eric McQuade, The Atlantic, 26 Dec. 2020
  • That was the genesis of the Riverbend Skate Path, a two-and-a-half-mile skate path that now winds through the city, and has been a blessing during a season of isolation.
    Reid Forgrave, Star Tribune, 29 Jan. 2021
  • The genesis of the club goes back nearly 80 years to the formation of a works team at the Ferranti engineering works in Edinburgh.
    Bobby McMahon, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2021
  • That was the genesis of the movie, how that came about.
    Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 9 Feb. 2024
  • So that’s kind of the genesis block of why we got involved in the space.
    Byjustin Doom, Fortune Crypto, 9 June 2023
  • And pretty much that was the genesis of the whole movie.
    Selena Kuznikov, Variety, 7 Sep. 2024
  • So, what was the genesis of the idea behind Fever-Tree?
    Hudson Lindenberger, Forbes, 6 Feb. 2023
  • The genesis of the most pivotal year in hip-hop began in the summer of 1987.
    Keith Murphy, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2023
  • The park’s genesis was shaped by the project’s research phase.
    Bebe Howorth, ELLE Decor, 22 Apr. 2021
  • That was the genesis for my conviction that now's the time.
    Bruce Rogers, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
  • So what was the genesis of the movement that spawned a million memes?
    Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 13 Jan. 2023
  • So, anyway, that was the genesis of the project, to try to find answers to this question.
    Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Nov. 2023
  • The genesis of the mosque began in 2012 — the year the Al Salam Foundation was founded.
    Rachel Fradette, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Oct. 2022
  • Eskenazi recalls the genesis of the project in the ’50s.
    Ted Loos, WSJ, 22 Sep. 2021
  • Johns follows the genesis of the piece and the hardscrabble careers of Richter and Mahr.
    BostonGlobe.com, 24 Mar. 2021
  • More than anything else, Jordan's shot was the genesis of the Bulls’ come-up.
    Larry Starks, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2022
  • The genesis of the novel dates to summer 1999, when King was hit by a van in Maine and almost killed.
    Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 4 June 2021
  • What were the origins, or creative genesis, of the ideas and themes behind Suzume?
    Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Feb. 2023
  • There’s still a twangy undertone, though, in both the Music Row genesis of the songs and the lilt of the production.
    Natalie Weiner, Billboard, 19 Aug. 2021
  • But the genesis of the script goes back to several years before.
    Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Now was the right time to make the film; a beautiful portrait of the genesis of a true storyteller and artist.
    Julie Delpy, Variety, 22 Dec. 2021
  • In the caption of the post, the singer reflected on the making of the album and the period in his life that gave it its genesis.
    Tabitha Parent, Peoplemag, 1 May 2024
  • The genesis was both the Boston Globe Spotlight team articles and the podcast.
    Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Sep. 2024
  • While the center has publicly sought to sell its naming rights for the past five years, the genesis of the announcement stretches back further than that.
    Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 25 Sep. 2024

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