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as in birthplace
a place of origin
Philadelphia is known as "the cradle of liberty" because it was there that the Declaration of Independence was signed
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as in source
a point or place at which something is invented or provided
the 1848 meeting at Seneca Falls, New York, is often regarded as the cradle of the women's suffrage movement
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as in to mother
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Recent Examples of cradle
Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
The best way to store a boat on land is to leave it on a trailer or place it on jack stands and cradles.
—Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 May 2026
Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
The idea of legally requiring a person to lean over and cradle feces was horrifying.
—Rachel Sugar, Curbed, 8 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Joe countered with a Coquina Clutch, but Ospreay transitioned into an inside cradle for a nearfall.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
The best way to store a boat on land is to leave it on a trailer or place it on jack stands and cradles.
—Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 May 2026
Verb
Its burgundy spine wore out many years ago, so layer on layer of tape tries desperately to cradle over 60 pages of newspaper cuttings documenting every word ever published about her son, Jamie Mitchell.
—Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
The idea of legally requiring a person to lean over and cradle feces was horrifying.
—Rachel Sugar, Curbed, 8 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cradle
Noun
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Also, as the birthplace of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the museum features a gallery of artwork from the famous comic's local creators.—
USA TODAY Network,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
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Boredom is the birthplace of creativity and full presence.—
Hannah Nwoko,
Parents,
9 June 2026
Noun
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The decision was made due to logistical challenges and in hopes of avoiding delays that might derail the negotiation process, one source said.—
Kevin Liptak,
CNN Money,
14 June 2026
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Renner also grilled election officials about whether or not post office officials had backdated postmarks on mail ballots sent after election day so they could still be counted, the source said.—
Kevin Rector,
Los Angeles Times,
13 June 2026
Verb
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However, instead of the pilot starting the engines during pushback and the tug disconnecting afterward, TaxiBot remains attached to the nose gear via a specialized pivoting clamping platform.—
David Szondy
June 07,
New Atlas,
7 June 2026
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Crocodiles clamp onto a limb or section of flesh and rotate violently until tissue separates.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
Verb
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Virginia Dulles was the opposite of Louanne Bixby—even a hundred children couldn’t exhaust her need to mother them.—
Jonathan Franzen,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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Saturday Night Live host Matt Damon was cast as the adoring husband in Mom, an entirely inoffensive movie where nothing bad happens—something that mothers everywhere will enjoy.—
William Vaillancourt,
Rolling Stone,
10 May 2026
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In late May, last week, a USTR delegation led by Deputy Ambassador Jeff Goettman traveled to Mexico to talk about economic security and rules of origin for certain industrial goods, and a Mexican trade delegation is slated to visit Washington next week to discuss the trade of agricultural products.—
Kate Nishimura,
Footwear News,
10 June 2026
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Competing tales about the origins of kugelhopf variously feature the three magi, battles at the gates of Vienna and a teenaged Marie Antoinette.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
10 June 2026
Verb
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But for those of us following along at home, the terror and curiosity of what might happen made for gripping TV.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
12 June 2026
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Among those evacuated were Stephen and Katie, during which the deputy chief of staff was pictured gripping his wife — who was eight months pregnant at the time — in front of him.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
10 June 2026
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Mauricio Novelli, the entrepreneur behind LIBRA, ran the investing courses where Adorni taught in 2022, and Adorni was among the officials in the room when Novelli brought his American partner, Hayden Davis, into the Casa Rosada for the LIBRA soirée.—
Javier Bastardo,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2026
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Jan, the executive producer of the film, reached out to Shilpi Gulati, a filmmaker who teaches at the School of Media and Cultural Studies at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences in Mumbai, to work on the project.—
Neha Bhatt,
NPR,
13 June 2026
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At full operating temperature, the pump mechanism can be reversed, converting the fountain from a cascading display into a multidirectional Pompeii situation.—
Dahlia Gallin Ramirez,
New Yorker,
9 June 2026
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And here’s hoping for some more plants and an additional fountain or two.—
Todd Martens,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2026
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“Cradle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cradle. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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