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birthplace

noun

ˈbərth-ˌplās

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a place of origin Montgomery, Alabama, is considered the birthplace of the civil rights movement

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Recent Examples of birthplace His persistent false statements about crowd sizes, electoral outcomes and the birthplace of his father barely garner press coverage today. —

Robert B. Talisse, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2026 The work spans the arc of Babur’s career from his birthplace, Fergana (now in Uzbekistan), to Hindustan (the northern Indian subcontinent). —

Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Apr. 2026 San Jose is home to several AI startups, and the Bay Area is the birthplace of some of the largest names in AI, including OpenAI and Anthropic. —

Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2026 This is the birthplace of the muffuletta sandwich — a NOLA original since 1906. —

Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for birthplace

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cradle

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If accurate, those findings might hint that the shroud is indeed from the Levant, an area considered to have been the cradle of Christianity and the setting of both the Old and New Testaments of the Bible.

— Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 9 Apr. 2026
Freemasons in the cradle of liberty Philadelphia was the country’s political center during the American Revolution, which began in 1775.

— Derek Arnold, The Conversation, 6 Apr. 2026