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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
Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
From vengeful resurrections to satanic rituals, shoplifters waging war on capitalism to secret cults, shadow selves to harrowing births, these genre-defying films crown the Dolls as auteurs, protagonists, dreamers, and disruptors.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2025
Net immigration is expected to even out with net births around 2055 as population growth taper down toward zero.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 10 Sep. 2025
The contracts, which all 50 states have long had versions of, allowed Maine to automatically report births and deaths to Social Security.
—Eli Hager, ProPublica, 8 Sep. 2025
Already, first-world nations were experiencing a pause, and now decline, in the number of births.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 5 Sep. 2025
Sure, most major publishers have abandoned it in favor of multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) releases like League of Legends or DOTA 2 — which ironically owe their births to Blizzard's 2002 masterpiece Warcraft 3 — but smaller studios and companies have stepped up to fill the void.
—Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Lifelong issues following premature births include risk of death within the first year, and serious neurological and respiratory problems in the first five years.
—Jessica Meszaros, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
The boys' births were a bit bittersweet, though, as Schmidtberger's mother-in-law had recently died of complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS.
—Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Noun
Brazil, the world's 10th largest economy, is seeing a sustained decline in births.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
From vengeful resurrections to satanic rituals, shoplifters waging war on capitalism to secret cults, shadow selves to harrowing births, these genre-defying films crown the Dolls as auteurs, protagonists, dreamers, and disruptors.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2025
Net immigration is expected to even out with net births around 2055 as population growth taper down toward zero.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 10 Sep. 2025
The contracts, which all 50 states have long had versions of, allowed Maine to automatically report births and deaths to Social Security.
—Eli Hager, ProPublica, 8 Sep. 2025
Already, first-world nations were experiencing a pause, and now decline, in the number of births.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 5 Sep. 2025
Sure, most major publishers have abandoned it in favor of multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) releases like League of Legends or DOTA 2 — which ironically owe their births to Blizzard's 2002 masterpiece Warcraft 3 — but smaller studios and companies have stepped up to fill the void.
—Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Lifelong issues following premature births include risk of death within the first year, and serious neurological and respiratory problems in the first five years.
—Jessica Meszaros, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
The boys' births were a bit bittersweet, though, as Schmidtberger's mother-in-law had recently died of complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS.
—Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for births
Noun
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The box covers the most popular classes and ancestries such as humans, elves, dwarves and halflings.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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One of several intriguing questions from the Big 12’s offseason might have the beginnings of an answer.—
Jon Wilner,
Mercury News,
13 Sep. 2025
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Intense, dramatic and often life-changing, time speeds up in this energetic tunnel with themes of endings and beginnings coming into view.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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One of my kids once presented a bar graph showing that Taco Tuesday produces 40% more dirty dishes than any other night.—
Dr. Sue Varma,
CNBC,
12 Sep. 2025
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The Pitt cast is led by Noah Wyle, who also executive produces and writes.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
12 Sep. 2025
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Slavers didn’t keep records of family lineages and the enslaved couldn’t do so.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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Mingling and interbreeding Modern humans and Neanderthals share an ancestor that originated in Africa, but the two lineages diverged at least 500,000 years ago.—
Mindy Weisberger,
CNN Money,
28 Aug. 2025
Verb
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While Cruz is still working to get Democratic sponsors for his bill, the issue has support from across the aisle.—
Emily Wilkins,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2025
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Brake gently as needed - Brake normally if the vehicle has anti-lock brakes and pump brakes gently if in an older vehicle.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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Behind Chalet Alpina are two development teams with impressive pedigrees.—
Jordi Lippe-McGraw,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Red Sox now have five starters on the IL (Dustin May went down this week), leaving them one injury away from potentially starting either Connelly Early or Payton Tolle — who have four major-league starts between them — in a must-win wild-card game.—
Chad Jennings,
New York Times,
11 Sep. 2025
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Fresh starts aren’t failure—they’re freedom.—
Marie Quintana,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Births.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/births. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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