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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
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
26 June 2026
Anniversaries, births, career promotions and other major life events often inspire additions to a stack, turning it into a visual timeline of the wearer’s life.
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Lauren Fisher,
Footwear News,
25 June 2026
Since the births, Maura stopped teaching dance to spend more time with them and volunteers at school.
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Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
25 June 2026
In 2024, the most recent year Mexico’s statistics agency INEGI published data, just under 10,000 births in Mexico were registered to mothers who reside outside of the country.
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Whitney Eulich,
Christian Science Monitor,
25 June 2026
Sometime in mid-2026, deaths will outnumber births, and keep doing so for the foreseeable future.
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Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
23 June 2026
So far, the program has facilitated the births of about 490 children in 12 years, according to government figures.
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Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
21 June 2026
Scientists also are exploring whether microplastics contribute to or cause Parkinson’s disease, impaired fertility, premature births, certain cancers and developmental problems in children.
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Michael Hawthorne,
Chicago Tribune,
21 June 2026
Officials said their vulnerability is what makes the recent births at the zoo more special.
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Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
17 June 2026
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
19 June 2026
This births a star that continually accretes more gas and becomes more massive.
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Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
28 Apr. 2026
With the resources available to urban coyotes, the average coyote births six new pups.
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Caden Perry,
jsonline.com,
9 Apr. 2026
The film charts his romances and business endeavors, including a nightclub that seemingly births the jazz movement.
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Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 Sep. 2025
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The average person named Janice today is around age 69, the site adds; the single highest number of births being 1951, with 15,982 babies.
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Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
26 June 2026
Anniversaries, births, career promotions and other major life events often inspire additions to a stack, turning it into a visual timeline of the wearer’s life.
—
Lauren Fisher,
Footwear News,
25 June 2026
Since the births, Maura stopped teaching dance to spend more time with them and volunteers at school.
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Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
25 June 2026
In 2024, the most recent year Mexico’s statistics agency INEGI published data, just under 10,000 births in Mexico were registered to mothers who reside outside of the country.
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Whitney Eulich,
Christian Science Monitor,
25 June 2026
Sometime in mid-2026, deaths will outnumber births, and keep doing so for the foreseeable future.
—
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
23 June 2026
So far, the program has facilitated the births of about 490 children in 12 years, according to government figures.
—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
21 June 2026
Scientists also are exploring whether microplastics contribute to or cause Parkinson’s disease, impaired fertility, premature births, certain cancers and developmental problems in children.
—
Michael Hawthorne,
Chicago Tribune,
21 June 2026
Officials said their vulnerability is what makes the recent births at the zoo more special.
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Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
17 June 2026
Verb
Although healthy individuals may only suffer short-term symptoms, a listeria infection can cause miscarriages and still births among pregnant women.
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Greta Cross,
USA Today,
19 June 2026
This births a star that continually accretes more gas and becomes more massive.
—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
28 Apr. 2026
With the resources available to urban coyotes, the average coyote births six new pups.
—
Caden Perry,
jsonline.com,
9 Apr. 2026
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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Eastern and western ancestries in Karelian Mesolithic dogs suggest that two lineages diverged during the Paleolithic.
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That drops to 49% for Hispanic/Latino patients, 29% for Black patients and even lower for mixed ancestries, the NMDP reports.
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Prince Harry gave the ring (ironically a sign of rebellion and new beginnings) to his new wife Meghan Markle in 2018.
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Lutnick’s letter marks the beginnings of a new regulatory regime that gives the US government control over the release of frontier AI models.
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What’s more, the conditions attached to AB 2074 — onsite affordable homes, prevailing wages and workforce development opportunities — ensure that the state’s public investment produces broad benefits for our communities.
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In Illinois specifically, Constellation produces sufficient baseline electricity to fulfill the standard energy demands of over eight million residential homes.
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Here, however, entire evolutionary lineages may be emerging across archipelagos separated by distances that seem relatively minor on a map.
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Once this was confirmed, the team started checking fossil collections in other museums across America, looking for youngsters of other ancient lineages to see whether the missing tadpole phase was a broader evolutionary trend.
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Recent Harvard commencements have grown much more political.
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Originally called MarchingOrder, Tassel had provided services for commencements for around 20 years before adding the AI name offering.
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The sport has a big future because of you guys.
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Legend has it that when an unsuspecting new man on the paper’s composing desk left out the agate type one day there were lots of problems for bettors and bookies across the city.
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The seal texts often introduced the owners with their names, genealogies, gender, professions and hometowns.
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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.
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This morning favors gentle starts and better listening, while the afternoon asks us to slow replies, check assumptions, and make our tone easier to understand.
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The Royals veteran spent 2021 with the Rays organization and made 23 starts.
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“Births.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/births. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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