Examples of birthplace in a Sentence
He visited his grandmother's birthplace.
New Orleans is regarded as the birthplace of jazz.
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The Go-Go Museum & Café, the world’s only collection dedicated to the celebration, study and preservation of all things go-go, opens Wednesday in its birthplace, Washington, D.C.
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Donna M. Owens, NBC News, 19 Feb. 2025
Designers visited Shakespeare's birthplace, Stratford-upon-Avon, and were given access to The Royal Shakespeare Company's costume archive.
—Alyssa Goldberg, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2025
The spectacle of Trump, who spent years propagating lies about Obama's birthplace, now empowering Musk, a naturalized citizen, with unprecedented control over government operations is egregious.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
Chung Ha would love to experience ballroom culture in its birthplace, to attend a ball in the city where the Black and Latino LGBTQ+ community pioneered the modern ballroom scene: New York.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 12 Feb. 2025
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Donna M. Owens, NBC News, 19 Feb. 2025
Designers visited Shakespeare's birthplace, Stratford-upon-Avon, and were given access to The Royal Shakespeare Company's costume archive.
—Alyssa Goldberg, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2025
The spectacle of Trump, who spent years propagating lies about Obama's birthplace, now empowering Musk, a naturalized citizen, with unprecedented control over government operations is egregious.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
Chung Ha would love to experience ballroom culture in its birthplace, to attend a ball in the city where the Black and Latino LGBTQ+ community pioneered the modern ballroom scene: New York.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 12 Feb. 2025
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“Birthplace.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/birthplace. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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birthplace
noun
birth·place
-ˌplās 
: place of birth or origin
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