1
as in nativity
the act or instance of being born
almost from birth, he showed all the marks of future greatness
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as in ancestry
the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended
a man of noble birth
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as in beginning
the point at which something begins
that 12-second flight by Orville Wright marked the birth of aviation
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as in biological
being such by blood and not by adoption or marriage
argued that the birth mother had not been informed of all of her options at the time of the adoption
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as in to produce
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 birth
Chantelle Lee, TIME, 7 Mar. 2025
Having a Social Security number soon after birth has become only more important over the years.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2025
Star Tribune, 4 Nov. 2020
When the twins — son Eames and daughter Ellison — arrived eight weeks early on Jan. 11, 2021, a judge had not yet considered the pre-birth order, which later was denied.
—Rachel Burchfield, Peoplemag, 20 Jan. 2023
Michael J. De La Merced, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
The idea for the Spirit Tunnel was birthed in the first season when Hudson came out of her dressing room and was greeted by her staff.
—Taylor Ardrey, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Doctors said her baby likely wouldn’t survive birth.
—Chantelle Lee, TIME, 7 Mar. 2025
Having a Social Security number soon after birth has become only more important over the years.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
Those were all Michelle MacDonald had to offer Minnesota other than a pro-gun, pro-birth agenda that in itself betrayed the commitment to objectivity and respect for the law that we are entitled to in all of our judges.
—Star Tribune, 4 Nov. 2020
When the twins — son Eames and daughter Ellison — arrived eight weeks early on Jan. 11, 2021, a judge had not yet considered the pre-birth order, which later was denied.
—Rachel Burchfield, Peoplemag, 20 Jan. 2023
Verb
Barry Sternlicht made a fortune building Starwood Hotels and Resorts, which birthed successful brands like W Hotels, into a giant of the travel industry.
—Michael J. De La Merced, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
The idea for the Spirit Tunnel was birthed in the first season when Hudson came out of her dressing room and was greeted by her staff.
—Taylor Ardrey, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for birth
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Enjoy the garden of lights, indoor dramas in Legacy Hall, live nativity, Eden Zoo, playground and Encounter the Wonder SFX show.—
Luann Gibbs,
The Enquirer,
29 Dec. 2024
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There is a large-scale nativity, Dickens-era carolers and the lighting of the tree, among other features.—
Heather McRea,
Orange County Register,
26 Dec. 2024
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Most African Americans have sub-Saharan West African ancestry.—
Leah Small,
Scientific American,
24 Feb. 2025
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The transition to her new, cold home also could be difficult due to a cat's ancestry.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
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For example, in the experiment, oaths were more effective when they were placed at the end, just before participants reported their income, rather than at the very beginning of the game.—
IESE Business School,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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Like Thomas [Bangalter] did help us at the very beginning on a couple of things, doing pre-mastering.—
Seth Abramovitch,
The Hollywood Reporter,
7 Mar. 2025
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In these lucky cases, natural biological processes seem to allow the normal cells to overtake the abnormal ones.—
Jamie Ducharme,
TIME,
6 Mar. 2025
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This is provocative cultural terrain—rife with historical and social and psychological (and biological) tensions—and the sort of ground that Adichie has nimbly traversed in her fiction before.—
Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
5 Mar. 2025
Verb
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This diversity makes mezcal a deeply regional and artisanal product, closely tied to the land and the people who produce it.—
Lauren Mowery,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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Rebecca Durbin is producing, while the executive producer credits are shared by Damien Timmer, Sheena Bucktowonsing, James Prichard, Danielle Scott-Haughton, Robert Schildhouse, Stephen Nye and Jon Farrar.—
Etan Vlessing,
The Hollywood Reporter,
28 Feb. 2025
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The series, which blends a cooking show format with celebrity interviews, sees Meghan welcome guests to a replica of her Montecito, California estate and dole out tips on entertaining, baking and parenting.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
7 Mar. 2025
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Levy chatted with us about why many parts of the parenting experience are ripe for disruption and how taking risks can lead to great things.—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
7 Mar. 2025
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The release marks the next evolution of OpenAI's flagship model lineage that has been an industry front-runner since the start of the generative-AI boom.—
Ina Fried,
Axios,
27 Feb. 2025
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After news of the narrator’s Hamas lineage broke last week, the BBC initially appeared to try and put distance between the narrator and his father, before subsequently saying it hadn’t been given the full information and adding a disclaimer.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
26 Feb. 2025
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Since its inception, NASA has selected 61 women to be astronauts, and the first all-female spacewalk, carried out by NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir, occurred outside the International Space Station in October 2019.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
27 Feb. 2025
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In particular, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich of the Religious Zionist Party called repeatedly for renewing Israeli settlement in Gaza—for resurrecting an enterprise that Oded had rightly denounced from its inception as a disaster for Israel.—
Gershom Gorenberg,
The Atlantic,
26 Feb. 2025
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“Birth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/birth. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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