as in cradle
a place of origin
Montgomery, Alabama, is considered the birthplace of the civil rights movement
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Hosted in the city of Lyon, the birthplace of the Lumiere brothers, the festival celebrates classic films, and honors iconic directors and actors every year.
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Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 31 Aug. 2025
The city is, after all, the birthplace of jazz.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2025
Under Ineos’s backing, the motorcycling and windproofing outerwear specialist celebrated its centenary last year with a retrospective exhibition in Stoke-on-Trent, a city in England’s Midlands, and the birthplace of the brand.
—Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 28 Aug. 2025
Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, who in March was wrongfully expelled to his birthplace of El Salvador and then returned to the United States to face criminal charges, got nabbed again on Monday and may soon be deported to Uganda.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 26 Aug. 2025
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Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 31 Aug. 2025
The city is, after all, the birthplace of jazz.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2025
Under Ineos’s backing, the motorcycling and windproofing outerwear specialist celebrated its centenary last year with a retrospective exhibition in Stoke-on-Trent, a city in England’s Midlands, and the birthplace of the brand.
—Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 28 Aug. 2025
Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, who in March was wrongfully expelled to his birthplace of El Salvador and then returned to the United States to face criminal charges, got nabbed again on Monday and may soon be deported to Uganda.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 26 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for birthplace
cradle
Noun
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However, looking deep into these swirling cradles of planet formation has always been tricky.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Aug. 2025
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That success reshaped global conservation practice and earned the park its reputation as the cradle of rhino conservation.—
Sarah Kingdom,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Birthplace.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/birthplace. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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