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

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Recent Examples of birthplace Memorial Regional recently underwent a $68 million renovation and upgrade of its family birthplace. Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 26 June 2025 Engendering much of the series’ emotion, Sara’s journey is from solitude to form a family living in Victor’s birthplace, Monteperdido. John Hopewell, Variety, 25 June 2025 Where are annual cicadas found in NC? Cicadas begin life as eggs laid in twigs and usually stay near their birthplace as juveniles, Hayes said. Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 23 June 2025 Additionally, these factors can also determine if planets migrate through the planetary disk during their youth, moving from their birthplaces closer to or farther away from their star. Robert Lea, Space.com, 17 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for birthplace
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cradle
Noun
  • When the handset was resting on the cradle, the line was closed.
    Larry Magid, Mercury News, 3 July 2025
  • To borrow from Walt Whitman, the Mooch is out of the cradle, endlessly rocking.
    Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 2 July 2025

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“Birthplace.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/birthplace. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.

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