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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
Hope Moses, Chicago Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026
More than half of births in America are described as traumatic, with Black and Indigenous mothers facing significantly higher maternal mortality rates.
—Vogue, 22 Jan. 2026
The body horror depicted in the 11-episode first season is a sight to behold, from botched facelifts to the varied beauty births, the season is drowning in blood, guts, vomit and an abundance of other unseemly bodily fluids.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 21 Jan. 2026
The study analyzed health records of more than 200,000 births in Southern California from 2006 through 2014.
—Berkeley Lovelace Jr, NBC news, 20 Jan. 2026
But by 2024, births to tourists on the island dropped significantly.
—Graham Kates, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026
The drop suggests that a slight uptick in births in 2024 was an outlier rather than a reversal of an otherwise steady decline since 2016.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 19 Jan. 2026
The state, which has seen more deaths than births for years, faces a fast-unfolding demographic crisis.
—Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
Even that anemic growth was only thanks to births and international arrivals.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026
Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Sep. 2025
Noun
Fewer births mean fewer students are entering and matriculating through CPS, affecting early grade levels.
—Hope Moses, Chicago Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026
More than half of births in America are described as traumatic, with Black and Indigenous mothers facing significantly higher maternal mortality rates.
—Vogue, 22 Jan. 2026
The body horror depicted in the 11-episode first season is a sight to behold, from botched facelifts to the varied beauty births, the season is drowning in blood, guts, vomit and an abundance of other unseemly bodily fluids.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 21 Jan. 2026
The study analyzed health records of more than 200,000 births in Southern California from 2006 through 2014.
—Berkeley Lovelace Jr, NBC news, 20 Jan. 2026
But by 2024, births to tourists on the island dropped significantly.
—Graham Kates, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026
The drop suggests that a slight uptick in births in 2024 was an outlier rather than a reversal of an otherwise steady decline since 2016.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 19 Jan. 2026
The state, which has seen more deaths than births for years, faces a fast-unfolding demographic crisis.
—Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
Even that anemic growth was only thanks to births and international arrivals.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 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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Both stories have been condensed to their main scenes and songs but still contain full stories with beginnings, middles and ends.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
11 Jan. 2026
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What numerology 2026 means for your life The destiny number 1 stands for new beginnings, personal responsibility, and courageous initiative.—
Hannah Madlener,
Glamour,
9 Jan. 2026
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However, the 2026 version, while air-cooled and still using pushrod valve actuation like the original, uses fuel injection instead of a carburetor and modern construction, and likely produces twice the power of the original, including 120 pound-feet of torque.—
William Roberson,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Musk said the Fremont, California, factory that currently produces the two models will be repurposed.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Jan. 2026
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Peter Godfrey-Smith, professor of history and philosophy of science at the University of Sydney, explores the evolutionary roots of consciousness by tracing how felt experience may have emerged across different animal lineages.—
David L. Coddon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Jan. 2026
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Natural selection repeatedly favored comparable structural outcomes when different lineages encountered the same ecological problem.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
18 Jan. 2026
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This previously-$30 set of Merino wool socks already has an excellent value, but the new price point is even sweeter.—
Anna Popp,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Jan. 2026
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The bakery has two trailers on the property that are used for housing and as a test kitchen for the bakers.—
Austen Erblat,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 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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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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Even a non-power near-champ like 2008 Utah wouldn’t fit, since the 2000s Mountain West had several programs with better pedigrees than pre-Cignetti Indiana.—
Jason Kirk,
New York Times,
16 Jan. 2026
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They’re often marketed with promises of uncorrelated returns and highlight the impressive manager pedigrees.—
Jonathan I. Shenkman,
Forbes.com,
7 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Births.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/births. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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