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
After her divorce from Billy Bob Thornton in 2003, Angelina Jolie removed the tattoo of his name from her left arm, replacing it with the coordinates of her globe-spanning family's birthplaces.
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Grace Gavilanes, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 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
Grace Gavilanes, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 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
Noun
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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 14 Nov. 2025.
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