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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
Ariane Lange,
Sacbee.com,
2 July 2026
The budget shortfall has been exacerbated by a decline in births and a reduction of immigration, resulting in fewer taxpayers at the same time that many Baby Boomers have begun receiving benefits.
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Max Zahn,
ABC News,
2 July 2026
The shipment includes emergency health kits for urgent medical care, including supplies for safe births, newborn care, disease prevention and treatment, according to the United Nations.
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Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
1 July 2026
In one study from the 1990s, a researcher observing seven squirrel-monkey births watched two of the babies get stuck; neither survived.
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Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
29 June 2026
The average person named Janice today is around age 69, the site adds; the single highest number of births being 1951, with 15,982 babies.
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Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
26 June 2026
Anniversaries, births, career promotions and other major life events often inspire additions to a stack, turning it into a visual timeline of the wearer’s life.
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Lauren Fisher,
Footwear News,
25 June 2026
Since the births, Maura stopped teaching dance to spend more time with them and volunteers at school.
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Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
25 June 2026
In 2024, the most recent year Mexico’s statistics agency INEGI published data, just under 10,000 births in Mexico were registered to mothers who reside outside of the country.
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Whitney Eulich,
Christian Science Monitor,
25 June 2026
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
19 June 2026
This births a star that continually accretes more gas and becomes more massive.
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Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
28 Apr. 2026
With the resources available to urban coyotes, the average coyote births six new pups.
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Caden Perry,
jsonline.com,
9 Apr. 2026
The film charts his romances and business endeavors, including a nightclub that seemingly births the jazz movement.
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Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 Sep. 2025
Noun
Bats in a bind before births Before giving the bats the boot last year, the city didn’t build an alternative roosting habitat, which would have been challenging given the substantial size of the colony.
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Ariane Lange,
Sacbee.com,
2 July 2026
The budget shortfall has been exacerbated by a decline in births and a reduction of immigration, resulting in fewer taxpayers at the same time that many Baby Boomers have begun receiving benefits.
—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
2 July 2026
The shipment includes emergency health kits for urgent medical care, including supplies for safe births, newborn care, disease prevention and treatment, according to the United Nations.
—
Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
1 July 2026
In one study from the 1990s, a researcher observing seven squirrel-monkey births watched two of the babies get stuck; neither survived.
—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
29 June 2026
The average person named Janice today is around age 69, the site adds; the single highest number of births being 1951, with 15,982 babies.
—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
26 June 2026
Anniversaries, births, career promotions and other major life events often inspire additions to a stack, turning it into a visual timeline of the wearer’s life.
—
Lauren Fisher,
Footwear News,
25 June 2026
Since the births, Maura stopped teaching dance to spend more time with them and volunteers at school.
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Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
25 June 2026
In 2024, the most recent year Mexico’s statistics agency INEGI published data, just under 10,000 births in Mexico were registered to mothers who reside outside of the country.
—
Whitney Eulich,
Christian Science Monitor,
25 June 2026
Verb
Although healthy individuals may only suffer short-term symptoms, a listeria infection can cause miscarriages and still births among pregnant women.
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Greta Cross,
USA Today,
19 June 2026
This births a star that continually accretes more gas and becomes more massive.
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Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
28 Apr. 2026
With the resources available to urban coyotes, the average coyote births six new pups.
—
Caden Perry,
jsonline.com,
9 Apr. 2026
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
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In a small number of cases, similar ancestries were grouped together.
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Eastern and western ancestries in Karelian Mesolithic dogs suggest that two lineages diverged during the Paleolithic.
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Roberts has an American Dream story - from his beginnings in an orphanage in South Korea.
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Here's to family, friendship, new beginnings, and making the most beautiful memories yet.
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The state’s Holocaust Education Bill, passed in 1994, requires every school district to teach the Holocaust with the explicit aim of building tolerance, nurturing democratic values, and confronting what indifference produces.
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Scan your face, train your voice on a few prompts, write (or accept a brand’s) creative brief, and the content produces itself.
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Because everyone will have access to the same information, AI will accentuate the value of personal connections, again promoting lineages and networks that at their most extreme may appear to be sinister establishment conspiracies.
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Here, however, entire evolutionary lineages may be emerging across archipelagos separated by distances that seem relatively minor on a map.
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Recent Harvard commencements have grown much more political.
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Originally called MarchingOrder, Tassel had provided services for commencements for around 20 years before adding the AI name offering.
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Just like white vinegar, lemon juice has an acidity that can get rid of dullness affecting your whites.
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Miami has 12 roster spots filled and will add two or three other players on value deals.
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The seal texts often introduced the owners with their names, genealogies, gender, professions and hometowns.
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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.
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Schlittler allowed four homers after allowing six homers in his first 17 starts.
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Before processing starts, these enclaves employ attestation mechanisms to confirm the integrity of the code and environment.
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“Births.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/births. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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