as in produced
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 birthed
All of those descriptors are apt and rightly made it into the many obituaries published following his death on May 6, but Turner’s legacy is not just of a media mogul who created cable news or birthed several other iconic channels.
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Josef Adalian, Vulture, 7 May 2026
Katherine Jackson birthed this line of tremendous artists and performers and held them together as a family.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 28 Apr. 2026
As the world marks ten years since Prince’s untimely death in the spring of 2016, Minneapolis, the city that birthed him, wants to mark the significance of the moment.
—Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2026
At Loyola, his eye for the absurd found a feast in the French Quarter; his interview series, Quarter Confessions, eventually birthed his memoir-zine, All Gas, No Brakes, a document of a 70-day hitchhiking journey across America.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2026
At the heart of the story is the spirit of invention and innovation and collaboration and competitiveness birthed out of the dawn of the electric age, some 150 years ago.
—Michael Kilian, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
America, after all, was birthed by divorcing itself from Britain and King George III.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2026
America, after all, was birthed by divorcing itself from Britain and King George III.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
From the beginning, Rolling Stone had a fitful relationship with the counterculture that birthed it, Richardson reports.
—James Sullivan, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2026
Josef Adalian, Vulture, 7 May 2026
Katherine Jackson birthed this line of tremendous artists and performers and held them together as a family.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 28 Apr. 2026
As the world marks ten years since Prince’s untimely death in the spring of 2016, Minneapolis, the city that birthed him, wants to mark the significance of the moment.
—Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2026
At Loyola, his eye for the absurd found a feast in the French Quarter; his interview series, Quarter Confessions, eventually birthed his memoir-zine, All Gas, No Brakes, a document of a 70-day hitchhiking journey across America.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2026
At the heart of the story is the spirit of invention and innovation and collaboration and competitiveness birthed out of the dawn of the electric age, some 150 years ago.
—Michael Kilian, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
America, after all, was birthed by divorcing itself from Britain and King George III.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2026
America, after all, was birthed by divorcing itself from Britain and King George III.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
From the beginning, Rolling Stone had a fitful relationship with the counterculture that birthed it, Richardson reports.
—James Sullivan, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for birthed
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The standard method for identifying when an SPE occurred is measuring carbon-14, produced when high-energy photos penetrate the Earth’s magnetic field (usually near the poles) and collide with gases in the atmosphere.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
2 May 2026
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The series was produced on and off between 2008 and 2018, featuring celebrities such as Jennifer Lawrence, Brad Pitt and even President Barack Obama.—
Meredith Wilshere,
PEOPLE,
2 May 2026
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The Lions had 42 varsity players this year, including 22 girls.—
Buddy Collings,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 Apr. 2026
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The junior right-hander finally had some breathing room.—
Tony Baranek,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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The candidate has become accustomed to comical mailroom interactions with his neighbors, who are routinely delivered fliers emblazoned with his face.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
7 May 2026
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Moreover, the flexible tandem cells also delivered strong results.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
7 May 2026
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“Birthed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/birthed. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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