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
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.
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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
Willy Loman will keep dying and keep living as long as the country that birthed him keeps peddling its own grand, intoxicating lies.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 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
Moreover, the trim little contraption cut a wholesome figure reminiscent of a Richard Scarry book—as if a courtesy tram birthed a tiny Zamboni.
—Henry Alford, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
So the idea of witnessing a wedding and what that does to you internally birthed the idea of, okay, actually, a bunch of people are going to spontaneously bleed to death at this wedding.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 26 Mar. 2026
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
Willy Loman will keep dying and keep living as long as the country that birthed him keeps peddling its own grand, intoxicating lies.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 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
Moreover, the trim little contraption cut a wholesome figure reminiscent of a Richard Scarry book—as if a courtesy tram birthed a tiny Zamboni.
—Henry Alford, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
So the idea of witnessing a wedding and what that does to you internally birthed the idea of, okay, actually, a bunch of people are going to spontaneously bleed to death at this wedding.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 26 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for birthed
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After its first flight following Christmas in 1942, only 1,435 of these fighters were produced before the war ended, as per the National Naval Aviation Museum.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Apr. 2026
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The school has produced three Heisman winners (Steve Spurrier, Tim Tebow, Danny Wuerffel), a runner-up (Rex Grossman) and a finalist (Kyle Trask).—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 Apr. 2026
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The military had recourse to Claude via a drop-down menu in a workflow package, the Maven Smart System, which gathers, synthesizes, and streamlines intelligence.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
15 Apr. 2026
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Shari Nijman, a UNCHR communication officer in Cox’s Bazar, said Wednesday that the agency had no other updates.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Apr. 2026
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But Wilkins delivered a big throw on his last attempt and the meet invites started to come back his way.—
Scott M. Reid,
Oc Register,
17 Apr. 2026
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But at Ben’s Kosher Delicatessen on Long Island, you’ll be assigned a shiva coordinator who will ensure fresh food is delivered every day of the mourning period.—
The Editors,
Curbed,
16 Apr. 2026
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