birthed

past tense of birth, chiefly dialect

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Recent Examples of birthed The main series, which was birthed out of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, featured the same cast for its first 11 seasons before the network chose to reboot the series for season 12. — Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026 Even more surprisingly, the 24-year-old doe that lived in captivity in Kerr Wildlife Management Area actually birthed a fawn in her final year. — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 24 Sep. 2026 Peaches later birthed offspring ranging in color from brown to orange and blue, allowing researchers the unusual opportunity to study how these rare colorations may be inherited. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2026 That really hit me, because that is the spirit with which it was birthed. — Chris Willman, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026 However, the neutron stars created by such events may be difficult to distinguish from stellar remnants birthed in the traditional way. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2026 The Air Monarch line was birthed from Nike’s desire to create an essential everyday shoe. — Riley Jones, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2026 There are also reams of delicate textiles, artfully gathered, ruched, scored, and creased (designs can be machine-birthed and hand-finished, and vice versa). — Clare Coulson, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2026 The series has been birthed over the last few years as producers secured access to a busy ward. — Peter White, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for birthed
Verb
  • Hawaii residents are still recovering from Hurricane Lala, which produced heavy rain and winds strong enough to sweep about 100 homes off their foundations on the Big Island.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Suppressing this same pathway produced the opposite result, limiting the ability to switch behavior, driving longer bouts of the repetitive behavior, as per the release.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The hurricane center said Monday that Rachel had maximum sustained winds of 50 mph and was located about 225 miles south-southwest of Acapulco.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Far more famous conflicts had a bond element, even a central one, Wigglesworth found.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The play is a gently unfolding, calmly delivered tale of the decades of horrors endured by a real-life person named Eddie Jaku.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Linde hasn’t delivered 10% or higher earnings growth since 2023, largely because of weak volume growth.
    — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026

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“Birthed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/birthed. Accessed 6 Oct. 2026.

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