Examples of birthplace in a Sentence
He visited his grandmother's birthplace.
New Orleans is regarded as the birthplace of jazz.
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Blake’s birthplace at 28 Broad Street has been obliterated by a brown granite tower, a monument to the worldview of the City of Westminster’s postwar planning department, but his influence is everywhere in the other London.
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Hari Kunzru, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Webb pinpointed the inner disk — roughly where Earth and the inner planets would have formed in our solar system — as the birthplace of these crystals.
—Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Clerics in Mecca, Saudi Arabia — the birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad — will look for the crescent moon to confirm the start and end of the fasting month, though many Muslims worldwide rely on local sightings.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Crested Butte Mountain Resort, known as the birthplace of extreme in-bounds skiing and riding, features terrain that challenges even the most experienced athletes.
—Sara Hansen, Denver Post, 22 Jan. 2026
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Hari Kunzru, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Webb pinpointed the inner disk — roughly where Earth and the inner planets would have formed in our solar system — as the birthplace of these crystals.
—Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Clerics in Mecca, Saudi Arabia — the birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad — will look for the crescent moon to confirm the start and end of the fasting month, though many Muslims worldwide rely on local sightings.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Crested Butte Mountain Resort, known as the birthplace of extreme in-bounds skiing and riding, features terrain that challenges even the most experienced athletes.
—Sara Hansen, Denver Post, 22 Jan. 2026
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“Birthplace.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/birthplace. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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birthplace
noun
birth·place
-ˌplās 
: place of birth or origin
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