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as in nativities
the act or instance of being born
almost from birth, he showed all the marks of future greatness
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as in ancestries
the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended
a man of noble birth
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as in beginnings
the point at which something begins
that 12-second flight by Orville Wright marked the birth of aviation
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as in produces
to bring forth from the womb
back in those days a woman her age would have birthed several children
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Recent Examples of births
Jana Pollack, Parents, 6 Mar. 2026
By reducing the risk of preterm births, the Centering model also reduces health care costs, Cressman said.
—Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Mar. 2026
Early research has shown promising outcomes, including a drastic drop in evictions and fewer preterm births and neonatal intensive care unit admissions.
—Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 2 Mar. 2026
Midwives generally recommend hospital births for high-risk patients, such as those carrying twins, those with pre-eclampsia, or when a baby is breech (head up instead of down).
—Aria Bendix, NBC news, 26 Feb. 2026
Ghost stories, families, births, deaths, parties — all of them.
—Nikki Dementri, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026
These include jets erupting from feeding supermassive black holes, colliding galaxies, and supernova explosions that mark the deaths of massive stars and the births of unimaginably dense neutron stars.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 25 Feb. 2026
Russia looks for a baby boom Despite being the injured, invaded party in the war, Ukraine is not alone in experiencing declining numbers of births.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 24 Feb. 2026
Sickle cell disease occurs in about one out of every 365 Black or African American births.
—Marissa Evans, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Sep. 2025
Noun
Silky moms tend to favor hospital births and are more open to formula feeding and scheduled vaccinations.
—Jana Pollack, Parents, 6 Mar. 2026
By reducing the risk of preterm births, the Centering model also reduces health care costs, Cressman said.
—Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Mar. 2026
Early research has shown promising outcomes, including a drastic drop in evictions and fewer preterm births and neonatal intensive care unit admissions.
—Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 2 Mar. 2026
Midwives generally recommend hospital births for high-risk patients, such as those carrying twins, those with pre-eclampsia, or when a baby is breech (head up instead of down).
—Aria Bendix, NBC news, 26 Feb. 2026
Ghost stories, families, births, deaths, parties — all of them.
—Nikki Dementri, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026
These include jets erupting from feeding supermassive black holes, colliding galaxies, and supernova explosions that mark the deaths of massive stars and the births of unimaginably dense neutron stars.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 25 Feb. 2026
Russia looks for a baby boom Despite being the injured, invaded party in the war, Ukraine is not alone in experiencing declining numbers of births.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 24 Feb. 2026
Sickle cell disease occurs in about one out of every 365 Black or African American births.
—Marissa Evans, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
Verb
The film charts his romances and business endeavors, including a nightclub that seemingly births the jazz movement.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for births
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But many Chicanos trace their lineage to indigenous peoples who survived Spanish colonization, often carrying mixed indigenous, Spanish, and other ancestries, a testament to survival and cultural fusion.—
David Alvarado,
Time,
15 Dec. 2025
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This lack of representation is problematic for people of different ancestries because genetic risk factors differ across populations.—
Rachel Nuwer,
Scientific American,
14 Oct. 2025
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North County is considered to be the cradle of skateboarding, which has grown from its rough around the edges beginnings into a billion dollar industry where icons like Tony Hawk have become global celebrities.—
Rob Nikolewski,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Mar. 2026
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Staging and laying groundwork are excellent uses of days that don’t facilitate successful beginnings.—
Magi Helena,
Dallas Morning News,
7 Mar. 2026
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According to Air Force data, the missile produces about 203,158 pounds of thrust in the first stage, 60,793 pounds in the second, and 35,086 pounds in the third stage.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Mar. 2026
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The production and stage will be three times the size of the comedians’ normal stages and will be managed by the same team that produces stadium shows for acts like Los Bukis and Bad Bunny.—
Deputy Entertainment,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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But a new investigation of Asgard genomes has revealed previously unknown lineages of the microbes in shallow coastal sediments, some of which appear tolerant of and use oxygen, according to a study published February 18 in the journal Nature.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
4 Mar. 2026
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One key tool is DNA barcoding, which uses short gene sequences to identify separate lineages.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2026
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By moving some commencements away from increasingly costly private sites, the financially ailing school district could have saved about half a million dollars a year.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
24 Jan. 2026
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Anyone who has watched the last decade of merger mania in Hollywood has good reason to be skeptical.—
Lucas Shaw,
Bloomberg,
9 Mar. 2026
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The 21-year-old has already done the same outside Balmain and Acne Studios that day, and has plans later to stand outside Rick Owens.—
Madeleine Schulz,
Vogue,
9 Mar. 2026
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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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Transcripts, grammars, vocabularies, dictionaries, glyph studies, botanical studies, commentaries, articles, editions of codices, correspondence, maps, charts, drawings, photographs, Maya Society materials, genealogies of Maya families, and Mayan glyphs on moveable type.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
12 Sep. 2025
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Barrington Elementary For more than a decade, Claudia Lopez joined other Barrington Elementary School mothers to cook a meal of turkey, potato salad, mashed potatoes, cornbread and chocoflan for Thanksgiving.—
Keri Heath,
Austin American Statesman,
23 Feb. 2026
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Because right now, with child care problems causing one in four parents, often mothers, to cut back working hours and one in six to leave entirely, Miami-Dade parents and businesses alike are feeling the pain.—
Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Births.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/births. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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