as in births
the act or instance of being born
my father and grandparents were proud observers of my nativity
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births
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The birth rate, or the number of births per 1,000 residents, has been declining for years, with the exception of a bump in 2021 — part of a national trend that many attribute to the pandemic.—
Sasha Allen,
Hartford Courant,
16 May 2026 -
That violence, along with forcing the closure of most of the capital’s hospitals, has left women, already facing risky births before gangs began laying siege to most neighborhoods in Port-au-Prince, even more likely to die in childbirth.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
16 May 2026
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“Nativities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nativities. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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