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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
Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Their YouTube and TikTok videos, Instagram posts and podcast includes documenting the births of their sons Griffin and August, and the couple more recently announced Abby had a pregnancy loss at 17 weeks.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 7 Nov. 2025
Kali and Arnold previously welcomed two male cubs in 2020, which had marked the first lion births at the zoo since 1984.
—Brian Anthony Hernandez, PEOPLE, 1 Nov. 2025
In China, Japan, Italy and South Korea, deaths already outpace births.
—Sarah McCammon, NPR, 27 Oct. 2025
Even so, China counted half as many births last year as in 2016, the year China ended its decades-old One Child Policy.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Right whale births and new mothers are cause for celebration each year, yet the 2025 calving numbers lagged behind what researchers had hoped for.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
Infertility affects roughly one in six women of reproductive age, according to the World Health Organization, and IVF accounts for about 2% of all births in the United States.
—Nik Popli, Time, 16 Oct. 2025
But prevention of early births remains a priority, according to a 2025 report by the Reproductive Health Journal.
—Laura L. Davis, Nashville Tennessean, 15 Oct. 2025
Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Sep. 2025
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Researchers found a drastic drop in evictions and fewer preterm births and neonatal intensive care unit admissions.
—Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Their YouTube and TikTok videos, Instagram posts and podcast includes documenting the births of their sons Griffin and August, and the couple more recently announced Abby had a pregnancy loss at 17 weeks.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 7 Nov. 2025
Kali and Arnold previously welcomed two male cubs in 2020, which had marked the first lion births at the zoo since 1984.
—Brian Anthony Hernandez, PEOPLE, 1 Nov. 2025
In China, Japan, Italy and South Korea, deaths already outpace births.
—Sarah McCammon, NPR, 27 Oct. 2025
Even so, China counted half as many births last year as in 2016, the year China ended its decades-old One Child Policy.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Right whale births and new mothers are cause for celebration each year, yet the 2025 calving numbers lagged behind what researchers had hoped for.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
Infertility affects roughly one in six women of reproductive age, according to the World Health Organization, and IVF accounts for about 2% of all births in the United States.
—Nik Popli, Time, 16 Oct. 2025
But prevention of early births remains a priority, according to a 2025 report by the Reproductive Health Journal.
—Laura L. Davis, Nashville Tennessean, 15 Oct. 2025
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
Noun
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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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The box covers the most popular classes and ancestries such as humans, elves, dwarves and halflings.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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This is a year of new beginnings and adventures!—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
8 Nov. 2025
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In straightforward and compelling prose, Sammy, then 40, tells the story of his vaudeville beginnings, his growth as an entertainer, and his movement through America.—
Questlove,
The Atlantic,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Ross O’Connor produces alongside Noah Lang and Blackhurst through Witchcraft Motion Picture Company, with Set Point Entertainment, Grim Discoveries, Gentile Entertainment Group, Monarque Entertainment and Mama Bear Studios attached.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
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Foundational to this style is the traditional use of hand modeling in clay, creating life-size models of the shapes and surfaces of the vehicles Mazda produces.—
Brett Berk,
Robb Report,
7 Nov. 2025
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The paleontologist Simon Conway Morris points out that there are common and widespread patterns of convergent evolution in life’s history, where similar adaptations, like eyes, wings, and streamlined bodies, evolved independently in unrelated lineages.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
29 Oct. 2025
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Participants danced and sang songs native to their tribal lineages.—
Erika I. Ritchie,
Oc Register,
20 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Technology is an ever-present disruptor that has a way of commoditizing what once felt unique, driving a kind of Moore’s law-like acceleration into every corner of our daily workflows.—
Phil Gilbert,
Fortune,
12 Nov. 2025
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According to the explanation on the museum’s website, the use of poppies has its origins in a poem that was penned by a Canadian physician who had served as a field surgeon in Belgium during the Great War.—
Emily Curiel,
Kansas City Star,
12 Nov. 2025
Noun
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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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Following its role in last year’s historic run for awards season sensation Emilia Pérez, the American French Film Festival returns with a 2025 lineup boasting a pair of projects with Hollywood pedigrees, alongside an array of potential breakouts.—
Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Oct. 2025
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The indictment also accused the men of purchasing the counterfeit prescription drugs without proper paperwork, known as T3s/pedigrees, and reselling them to pharmacy customers.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
30 Oct. 2025
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The cash payments have also led to higher birth weights and longer breastfeeding periods for babies, the Bridge Project says, both of which signal healthier starts to a child's life.—
Jordan Smith,
IndyStar,
5 Nov. 2025
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The workout flurry comes while the Bears sit at one of their better starts (5-3) and navigate a crucial midseason stretch — one in which maintaining a steady run game will be important to protect QB Caleb Williams and an evolving offense.—
Rowan Fisher-Shotton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Births.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/births. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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