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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
Jacqueline Carr, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2025
The coils offer full lumbar support and are arranged to cradle your spine but are also stiff around the edge.
—Scott Gilbertson, Wired News, 16 June 2025
Josh Patterson, Outside Online, 9 May 2025
There’s also a separate accessory cradle to hold the combination and crevice tools, pet tool, flexible tool, and dust bags.
—Terri Williams, Architectural Digest, 25 Apr. 2025
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Noun
One wiggled his dentures while cradling lead sinkers in his mouth.
—Jacqueline Carr, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2025
The coils offer full lumbar support and are arranged to cradle your spine but are also stiff around the edge.
—Scott Gilbertson, Wired News, 16 June 2025
Verb
Plus, the wheel baskets accommodate a wide range of tire sizes, and the padded cradles help prevent frame damage.
—Josh Patterson, Outside Online, 9 May 2025
There’s also a separate accessory cradle to hold the combination and crevice tools, pet tool, flexible tool, and dust bags.
—Terri Williams, Architectural Digest, 25 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cradle
Noun
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Without one of those, a person must show a driver’s license or identification along with another document showing birthplace, such as a birth certificate, naturalization certificate, consular report of birth abroad or final adoption decree.—
Grace Abels,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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Their antecedents are ancient (Egyptian hieroglyphs, Chinese characters, Mesoamerican pictograms), though the journey from their modern birthplace (Japan circa the turn of the millennium) to their current ubiquity has been quick.—
Megan Garber,
The Atlantic,
29 June 2025
Noun
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This shift reframes resilience as a source of growth and stability.—
Felicia Jackson,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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Indeed, the former official said, Israel had largely given up trying to cultivate human sources inside Hamas and Hezbollah.—
Dexter Filkins,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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Ryobi also makes a reliable one with a rotating head, an option to clamp in place and 40 hours of run time on one charge.—
Jené Luciani Sena , Caitlyn Martyn
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FOXNews.com,
23 June 2025
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The two enclosures connect to one another with standard speaker wire and basic clamping terminals.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
4 June 2025
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Lupita Nyong'o stars as Roz, a service robot who washes up on a small island with no human inhabitants and must figure out how to adapt her programming to the wilderness while mothering a baby goose.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
23 May 2025
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One of her reasons for leaving was to focus on mothering her two daughters.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
28 May 2025
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No origin story, Gunn’s version begins with Superman having lost his first-ever battle off-camera, back in Metropolis.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
9 July 2025
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In the eight years since Miller rose to fame and became an outsized antagonist on the American left, his Santa Monica villain origin story has been exhaustively documented, picked over and reanalyzed.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 July 2025
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The case gripped Australia The bizarre and tragic case has lingered in the minds of Australians and has provoked fervor among the public and media.—
Charlotte Graham-McLay,
Los Angeles Times,
7 July 2025
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When your hands are covered in flour, holding a paintbrush, or gripping a climbing wall, your phone is simply unavailable.—
Marina Cooley,
CNBC,
5 July 2025
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The park also features large reflecting pools, rustic furnishings, fountains, urns, statuary, artificial ponds for fish and foul, a deer park, orchards, fields and more.—
Kaitlyn Keegan,
Hartford Courant,
5 July 2025
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Detroit Metro Airport Travelers loved the fountain that looked like a flight map ExpressTram and other people movers helped fliers get around 9.—
Fousia Abdullahi,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 July 2025
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The sturdy, angled bristles swept cleanly across both indoor and outdoor surfaces, and none of the debris clung to them.—
Melanie Fincher,
Southern Living,
10 July 2025
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These relaxed shorts won’t cling to your skin on sweltering afternoons, while the sweat-wicking, stretchy material will work overtime to keep you cool.—
Amelia McBride,
Travel + Leisure,
10 July 2025
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“Cradle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cradle. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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