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as in nativity
the act or instance of being born
almost from birth, he showed all the marks of future greatness
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as in ancestry
the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended
a man of noble birth
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as in beginning
the point at which something begins
that 12-second flight by Orville Wright marked the birth of aviation
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as in biological
being such by blood and not by adoption or marriage
argued that the birth mother had not been informed of all of her options at the time of the adoption
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as in to produce
to bring forth from the womb
back in those days a woman her age would have birthed several children
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Recent Examples of birth
Brittany Dube, Health, 9 Jan. 2026
Smith was a former midwife and maternal rights advocate that died after giving birth to her own child.
—Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 9 Jan. 2026
Rachel Burchfield, Peoplemag, 20 Jan. 2023
The three months now offered to non-birth parents is a departure from the scant three weeks given under the previous policy.
—Arkansas Online, 17 Jan. 2023
Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
Where does this leave a listener, or anyone on the ladder of success as a rapper in the city that birthed the concept?
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
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Noun
Smaller and younger people tend to feel the effects of alcohol more strongly, as do people assigned female at birth.
—Brittany Dube, Health, 9 Jan. 2026
Smith was a former midwife and maternal rights advocate that died after giving birth to her own child.
—Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 9 Jan. 2026
Adjective
When the twins — son Eames and daughter Ellison — arrived eight weeks early on Jan. 11, 2021, a judge had not yet considered the pre-birth order, which later was denied.
—Rachel Burchfield, Peoplemag, 20 Jan. 2023
The three months now offered to non-birth parents is a departure from the scant three weeks given under the previous policy.
—Arkansas Online, 17 Jan. 2023
Verb
Before her jailhouse vision, Lee had birthed and lost four babies.
—Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
Where does this leave a listener, or anyone on the ladder of success as a rapper in the city that birthed the concept?
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for birth
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St Peter’s Square has been decorated with a nativity scene from the Diocese of Nocera Inferiore-Sarno, in Campania, southwest Italy, and a 25-meter-tall Christmas tree from the Val d’Ultimo area in Bolzano, northern Italy.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
25 Dec. 2025
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Associate Pastor Isabel Marquez said the message behind the nativity was intentional.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
16 Dec. 2025
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Clan Buchanan, which is estimated to have 5 million members worldwide claiming common ancestry, has been without a chief for more than 300 years after the last one died out without a male heir.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 Jan. 2026
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And her mother, who is still a working actor, is from a Jewish background with Polish ancestry.—
Louis Staples,
Glamour,
12 Jan. 2026
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Indiana went on a 14-1 run in the third to take the lead from Nebraska (14-2, 3-2) for the first time since the beginning of the game, leading briefly at 51-49.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
9 Jan. 2026
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As for the Lady Kate, Furrer said the 110-foot boat stopped cruising at the beginning of the pandemic.—
Pamela McLoughlin,
Hartford Courant,
9 Jan. 2026
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The state has argued that males have biological advantages over females, and that the law was intended to protect women’s sports.—
Becca Savransky,
Idaho Statesman,
14 Jan. 2026
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McCuskey, who is leading his state's legal defense against the trans athlete after the athlete sued to block the state's law to keep biological males out of girls' sports, addressed the allegations at a news conference Monday.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
14 Jan. 2026
Verb
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However, the process of producing HBM memory is much more demanding than that for memory used in most consumer electronics.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
13 Jan. 2026
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China produces around 60 to 70% of the world’s rare earths, and processes nearly 90% of it.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
13 Jan. 2026
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Jay has spoken out about their co-parenting.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Jan. 2026
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In addition to being partners in parenting, Winter and Sánchez also collaborate professionally.—
Samantha Stutsman,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
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Most of these acquisitions occurred during a relatively narrow window in the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous, some 140 million years ago, just before many major lineages began to diverge quickly (in evolutionary terms, anyway).—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
13 Jan. 2026
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Images of Marie Antoinette, alongside photographs of Russian Jewish women in the early 20th century, place contemporary practice with the long lineage of the spiritual practice.—
Michelle F. Solomon,
Miami Herald,
13 Jan. 2026
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Factors That Have Affected the Concept Since the work triangle’s inception, the kitchen has changed, leading to numerous factors that have advanced the work triangle, too.—
Kristina McGuirk,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Jan. 2026
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Since their inception, social media companies have implemented protective measures for users such as filtering bullying comments and enabling minors to opt out of seeing personalized ads.—
Gili Malinsky,
CNBC,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Birth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/birth. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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