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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
Michael Cox, The Athletic, 19 Jan. 2025
Undoubtedly, some people somewhere will meet the love of their lives, give birth to children, win some kind of award, hear of a major promotion, spend time with an important person, eat a lot of sushi or meet some other type of success tomorrow.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 19 Jan. 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
Victor A. Lopez-Carmen, Md, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
At the moment this quote was given, Dylan himself was breaking from the folk traditions that birthed his entry into the popular culture and redefining himself as an electric musician.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 3 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Somewhat ironically, Laporte, a Frenchman by birth, was overlooked by Didier Deschamps precisely because of this problem.
—Michael Cox, The Athletic, 19 Jan. 2025
Undoubtedly, some people somewhere will meet the love of their lives, give birth to children, win some kind of award, hear of a major promotion, spend time with an important person, eat a lot of sushi or meet some other type of success tomorrow.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 19 Jan. 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
Through this language, they were introduced to birth songs and ceremonies that had been shared by countless ancestors before them.
—Victor A. Lopez-Carmen, Md, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
At the moment this quote was given, Dylan himself was breaking from the folk traditions that birthed his entry into the popular culture and redefining himself as an electric musician.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 3 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for birth
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The Christmas tree is installed at the center of Saint Peter's Square, along with a life-size nativity scene.—
Cecilia Rodriguez,
Forbes,
16 Dec. 2024
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Many town squares across the nation prominently displayed nativities.—
Stephan Pechdimaldji,
Newsweek,
13 Dec. 2024
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Many Argentine people have Spanish, Italian and German ancestry.—
Jenna Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
15 Jan. 2025
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The rising French actor, who was named on Wednesday as Berluti’s new brand ambassador for 2025, is the grandson of New Wave icon Jean-Paul Belmondo and has both French and Italian ancestry.—
Joelle Diderich,
WWD,
15 Jan. 2025
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Represents new beginnings, growth, vision, community spirit and creativity; the element of spring.—
Athena Sobhan,
People.com,
30 Jan. 2025
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Said to be the original influencer, the documentary shows her rise from humble beginnings to Wall Street trader to homemaking entrepreneurial queen.—
Jeffrey Edell,
Rolling Stone,
30 Jan. 2025
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The team also detected adenine, guanine, cytosine, thymine and uracil — all five of the biological nucleobases, or components that make up the genetic code in DNA and RNA.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
29 Jan. 2025
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Her ex was the biological father of another one of her children, police said.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
29 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Besides Dylan and the Butterfield Blues Band, Goldberg’s credits include playing with, writing for or producing such artists as Steve Miller, the Ramones, Leonard Cohen, the Flying Burrito Brothers, Mitch Ryder, Stephen Stills, Rod Stewart, Bobby Blue Bland, Percy Sledge and Kenny Wayne Shepherd.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
23 Jan. 2025
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The most rudimentary method is something anyone with a computer can do at home: asking a chatbot to produce many responses to a single question.—
Lauren Leffer,
Scientific American,
23 Jan. 2025
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This cycle not only destabilizes families but perpetuates racial stereotypes about African American parenting.—
Jumara Perry,
Baltimore Sun,
20 Jan. 2025
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This parenting style can also exacerbate a child’s loneliness.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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Born in 1946 to a father who worked in British intelligence and a dancer mother who traced her lineage to the Habsburg dynasty, Faithfull was also, on her mother’s side, the great-great niece of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch (whose 1870 novel Venus in Furs gave us the terms masochism and S&M).—
Corey Seymour,
Vogue,
31 Jan. 2025
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Nestled comfortably between heritage, lineage and modernity, the brand is rising to the occasion.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
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But opinions on this issue have actually remained pretty consistently in favor of the Paris agreement since its inception: 62 percent of Americans were opposed when Trump withdrew from it for the first time back in 2017, and the same share supported Biden's decision to rejoin in 2021.—
Mary Radcliffe,
ABC News,
22 Jan. 2025
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More meme coins have emerged since the inception of fartcoin.—
Yun Li,Jesse Pound,
CNBC,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Birth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/birth. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.
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