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as in nativities
the act or instance of being born
almost from birth, he showed all the marks of future greatness
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as in ancestries
the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended
a man of noble birth
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as in beginnings
the point at which something begins
that 12-second flight by Orville Wright marked the birth of aviation
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as in produces
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 births
Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 19 Sep. 2025
These small gains among older mothers were not enough, however, to offset the loss of births in the younger cohort, the report said.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
Fewer child births Committee members expressed concern about declining school district enrollment.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 16 Sep. 2025
In other words, over the study period, researchers estimated 42 fewer preterm births and 65 babies born at a normal birthweight.
—Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 15 Sep. 2025
In that time, there have been romances and births and scandals and shocking deaths.
—Mark Meszoros, Boston Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
Brazil, the world's 10th largest economy, is seeing a sustained decline in births.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
From vengeful resurrections to satanic rituals, shoplifters waging war on capitalism to secret cults, shadow selves to harrowing births, these genre-defying films crown the Dolls as auteurs, protagonists, dreamers, and disruptors.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2025
Net immigration is expected to even out with net births around 2055 as population growth taper down toward zero.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 10 Sep. 2025
Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Sep. 2025
Noun
The news follows the successful births in April of two dire wolves, extinct for 10,000 years.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 19 Sep. 2025
These small gains among older mothers were not enough, however, to offset the loss of births in the younger cohort, the report said.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
Fewer child births Committee members expressed concern about declining school district enrollment.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 16 Sep. 2025
In other words, over the study period, researchers estimated 42 fewer preterm births and 65 babies born at a normal birthweight.
—Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 15 Sep. 2025
In that time, there have been romances and births and scandals and shocking deaths.
—Mark Meszoros, Boston Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
Brazil, the world's 10th largest economy, is seeing a sustained decline in births.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
From vengeful resurrections to satanic rituals, shoplifters waging war on capitalism to secret cults, shadow selves to harrowing births, these genre-defying films crown the Dolls as auteurs, protagonists, dreamers, and disruptors.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2025
Net immigration is expected to even out with net births around 2055 as population growth taper down toward zero.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
The film charts his romances and business endeavors, including a nightclub that seemingly births the jazz movement.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for births
Noun
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The box covers the most popular classes and ancestries such as humans, elves, dwarves and halflings.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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This is a year of new beginnings, adventures and major changes in your life.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
19 Sep. 2025
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However, their beginnings were messy.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
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If a failure produces an insight or a data point that sharpens the next move, treat it as a win.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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My corollary warns against novelty that produces nothing reliable.—
George Pesansky,
Fortune,
19 Sep. 2025
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This evolution is driven by a combination of random mutations and natural selection, where the organisms that are most fit for survival, and most adaptable to the changes that occur in their conditions and environment, are the ones who aren’t selected against, and whose lineages continue.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
16 Sep. 2025
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Slavers didn’t keep records of family lineages and the enslaved couldn’t do so.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The aforementioned head also has lights, with batteries included, and a tiny switch behind the neck.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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The newspaper reported at the time that Zinn has a criminal record dating back to 1989 that includes dozens of convictions for petty crimes such as criminal trespass, theft of services, interfering with a police officer and disturbing the peace.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Transcripts, grammars, vocabularies, dictionaries, glyph studies, botanical studies, commentaries, articles, editions of codices, correspondence, maps, charts, drawings, photographs, Maya Society materials, genealogies of Maya families, and Mayan glyphs on moveable type.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Behind Chalet Alpina are two development teams with impressive pedigrees.—
Jordi Lippe-McGraw,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Considering the show’s audience, the decision to turn the story of 1066 into a family melodrama-cum-colonial parable starts to make sense.—
Will Collins,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Sep. 2025
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In turn, what should be an unconditionally loving dynamic starts to instead morph into a running competition.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Births.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/births. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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