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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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Florence: Captivating Florence is the capital of Tuscany and considered the birthplace of the Renaissance.
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The birthplace of Coretta Scott King, the city has several historic districts and numerous historic buildings.
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The Greens, with just three seats, hold the balance of power in the province -- both the birthplace of Greenpeace and the terminus of the Trans Mountain line from Alberta’s oil sands.
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Chapman was arrested at a March 4 protest in Berkeley, the birthplace of the U.S. free speech movement in the 1960s that has become a flashpoint for the extreme left and right since Trump's election.
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Mr. Chapman was arrested at a March 4 protest in Berkeley, the birthplace of the US free speech movement in the 1960s that has become a flashpoint for the extreme left and right since Trump’s election.
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The annual festival and its boot-wearing, cowboy hat-wielding fans moved down Interstate 10 from the event's Baton Rouge birthplace to New Orleans as Tiger Stadium undergoes two year's worth of updates during the LSU football offseason.
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New York is often cited as the birthplace of postmodern dance, but California deserves credit.
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The following conversation with Roos took place at Newton’s birthplace, Woolsthorpe Manor in Lincolnshire, England, near the apple tree said to have inspired his theory of gravitation, and in London.
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First Known Use of birthplace
1610
BIRTHPLACE Defined for English Language Learners
birthplace
playDefinition of birthplace for English Language Learners
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: the place where someone was born or where something began
BIRTHPLACE Defined for Kids
birthplace
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: the place where a person was born or where something began the birthplace of freedom
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