birthed

past tense of birth, chiefly dialect

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Recent Examples of birthed The return across the Atlantic also follows Netflix downgrading its overall deal with the pair that birthed Harry & Meghan, Polo and With Love, Meghan, among other projects, to a first-look deal. Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2026 Indeed, some key elements of ESPN were birthed under Rasmussen. Brian Steinberg, Variety, 18 Aug. 2026 In turn, schools like the Forge birthed a new military archetype, whose adherents were often privileged, scrappy, and damaged—just as Holden Caulfield was. Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026 Golden State was basically birthed into existence in front of it all. Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026 Its success birthed a stand-alone hot chicken restaurant in Nashville’s Midtown, which in turn launched a multi-state expansion that’s now reached as far as Chicago, Dallas, and Las Vegas. Ellen Fort, Bon Appetit Magazine, 31 July 2026 The movie birthed hundreds of action movies with the elevator pitch, Die Hard on a plane; Die Hard on the beach; Die Hard in a phone booth. Frank Racioppi, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026 Fourteen years earlier, his debut feature, Ossessione, had effectively birthed Italian neorealism, and Visconti had followed it up with La Terra Trema (1948), one of the absolute pinnacles of the movement. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 24 July 2026 Going back to the country that birthed my parents always opens something in me. Rafael Peña, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for birthed
Verb
  • The film is produced by Mattia Guerra for Be Water Film, Filippo Sugar and Elisabetta Biganzoli for Sugar Play, and Marco Colombo for Adler Entertainment, together with Marco Morabito and Fasano.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The late star had also been a co-owner of Sandollar Productions alongside her former manager, Sandy Gallin, which produced Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Father of the Bride and Sabrina, among others.
    Lars Brandle, Billboard, 27 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Adames, who had an MRI on Monday, will miss more than 10 days, though manager Tony Vitello said the team is optimistic the veteran can return before the season ends in late September.
    Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Iranian news agency Rokna reported that people in Tehran said some petrol stations had no gas available, forcing them to temporarily close, while other stations had long lines on Monday and Tuesday.
    Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Though Sex and the City ended two entire decades ago, many of her most valuable life lessons—usually delivered via purring, zingy one-liners, either with a dirty martini in one hand or while waving a fork over brunch—feel just as relevant today.
    Daisy Jones, Vogue, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Cloverleaf, a real estate developer founded in 2024, has built a pipeline of projects across North America and delivered multiple gigawatt-scale developments.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2026

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“Birthed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/birthed. Accessed 27 Aug. 2026.

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