as in cradle
a place of origin
Montgomery, Alabama, is considered the birthplace of the civil rights movement
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Recent Examples of birthplace
Scherzinger and Evans got engaged on the beach during a trip to Hawaii, the singer's birthplace, on June 7, 2023.
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Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 4 Apr. 2026
People gather under the trees during the season of hanami, or cherry blossom viewing, and the collapse of trees has alarmed officials in Tokyo, the birthplace of the cherry blossom variety.
—ABC News, 3 Apr. 2026
Crockett hails from the birthplace of Conjunto.
—Mars Salazar, Austin American Statesman, 2 Apr. 2026
An alpine resort town famous as the birthplace of commercial bungee jumping, and as a springboard for other madcap thrills like heli-skiing and the world’s most extreme human catapult, is offering something relatively radical — relaxation.
—New York Times, 2 Apr. 2026
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Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 4 Apr. 2026
People gather under the trees during the season of hanami, or cherry blossom viewing, and the collapse of trees has alarmed officials in Tokyo, the birthplace of the cherry blossom variety.
—ABC News, 3 Apr. 2026
Crockett hails from the birthplace of Conjunto.
—Mars Salazar, Austin American Statesman, 2 Apr. 2026
An alpine resort town famous as the birthplace of commercial bungee jumping, and as a springboard for other madcap thrills like heli-skiing and the world’s most extreme human catapult, is offering something relatively radical — relaxation.
—New York Times, 2 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for birthplace
cradle
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During the recent demonstration test, the Bird of Prey took off from a launch cradle, and once in the air was able to autonomously search for, detect, and classify a target drone standing in for a hostile.—
David Szondy
April 04,
New Atlas,
4 Apr. 2026
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The fiber, partially derived from dent corn, is designed to maintain the performance of conventional spandex while delivering up to a 32 percent reduction in carbon emissions, according to a cradle-to-gate life cycle assessment.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Footwear News,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Birthplace.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/birthplace. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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