birthed

Definition of birthednext
past tense of birth, chiefly dialect

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of birthed Hip-Hop was birthed from streets of New York, and found its voice throughout urban neighborhoods across the country. Okla Jones, Essence, 13 May 2026 Mbappé has sought to give back to the community that birthed a superstar, working through the years with a number of charities and launching a children’s foundation called Inspired By KM. Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 12 May 2026 Silvia and Guojun were now attempting to assert custody rights over the infant there, along with the newborns whom surrogates had recently birthed in Georgia and Virginia. Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 11 May 2026 Minnesota goes back even further, all the way to the original 1967 expansion that birthed the North Stars. Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 11 May 2026 All of those descriptors are apt and rightly made it into the many obituaries published following his death on May 6, but Turner’s legacy is not just of a media mogul who created cable news or birthed several other iconic channels. Josef Adalian, Vulture, 7 May 2026 Katherine Jackson birthed this line of tremendous artists and performers and held them together as a family. Angelique Jackson, Variety, 28 Apr. 2026 As the world marks ten years since Prince’s untimely death in the spring of 2016, Minneapolis, the city that birthed him, wants to mark the significance of the moment. Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2026 At Loyola, his eye for the absurd found a feast in the French Quarter; his interview series, Quarter Confessions, eventually birthed his memoir-zine, All Gas, No Brakes, a document of a 70-day hitchhiking journey across America. Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for birthed
Verb
  • The game has already produced seven winners in 2026, including a rapid stretch in late April and early May when four jackpots were claimed in just four days, underscoring how quickly fortunes have turned this year.
    Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 17 May 2026
  • And while this year ultimately produced notable wins for healthcare policy, business organizations were also frustrated by legislators on that front as well, pointing to a bill that would have allowed for association health plans that died in the Appropriations Committee.
    P.R. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 17 May 2026
Verb
  • But most of the research being done was carried out by people who had the university equivalent of a day job.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 May 2026
  • Beaches had a long road to Broadway.
    Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 20 May 2026
Verb
  • Webb delivered the big blow with runners on second and third and no outs in the seventh, ripping a two-run double to the gap in left-center to give the Celtics the lead.
    Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2026
  • Coplen, Clement and Honsberger each delivered RBI singles to increase the lead to 10-0.
    Alex Kushel, Sun Sentinel, 15 May 2026

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“Birthed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/birthed. Accessed 23 May. 2026.

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