as in cradles
a place of origin
Montgomery, Alabama, is considered the birthplace of the civil rights movement
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Recent Examples of birthplaces
Their children’s birthplaces reflect their father’s journeyman status in the NFL, having started in at least one game for a record nine different teams during his 17-year career.
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Nasha Smith, PEOPLE, 13 Nov. 2025
As the home of the state’s oldest winery, it’s considered to be one of the birthplaces of Washington winemaking.
—Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 18 Aug. 2025
Nasha Smith, PEOPLE, 13 Nov. 2025
As the home of the state’s oldest winery, it’s considered to be one of the birthplaces of Washington winemaking.
—Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for birthplaces
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In the photos, Travis can be seen down on one knee as Swift cradles his face in the sweet moment.—
Natalia Senanayake,
PEOPLE,
3 Oct. 2025
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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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The seal texts often introduced the owners with their names, genealogies, gender, professions and hometowns.—
Serdar Yalçin,
The Conversation,
3 Nov. 2025
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In Episode 6 of the season, after hometowns' week, fitness professional Debbie, 65, was sent home with Peg, 62, a retired firefighter and bomb tech from Las Vegas, Nevada, and Cindy, 60, a retired biomedical engineer from Austin, Texas, now vying for the final rose.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Birthplaces.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/birthplaces. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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