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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
Sasha Allen, Hartford Courant, 16 May 2026
That violence, along with forcing the closure of most of the capital’s hospitals, has left women, already facing risky births before gangs began laying siege to most neighborhoods in Port-au-Prince, even more likely to die in childbirth.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 16 May 2026
Georgia averages about 30 maternal deaths per 100,000 births for complications of pregnancy or childbirth, according to the 2025 March of Dimes’ Georgia report card.
—Roni Robbins, AJC.com, 15 May 2026
An investigation by Bloomberg Law and NBC News last year found dozens of women who were jailed, often for low-level offenses, and suffered miscarriages or excruciating births in dirty cells.
—Abigail Brooks, NBC news, 13 May 2026
The program will launch in the next fiscal year at 65 to 75 hospitals that serve low-income patients and perform a quarter of births in the state.
—Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 11 May 2026
According to the Cleveland Clinic, 5 to 8 percent of births in the United States are complicated by preeclampsia and related hypertensive disorders.
—Tina Sturdevant, New York Times, 10 May 2026
The all-new season is packed with fist-pump-worthy milestones and unforgettable moments, from pregnancies and baby showers to bachelorette parties, gender reveals, ab reveals, births, birthdays, weddings and more.
—Alyssa Modos, PEOPLE, 9 May 2026
Rosie the mother Jennifer McMullen, 101, is mother to six sons, three of whom reached adulthood and three who were lost within days of their births, between 1946 to 1949.
—Andre Mouchard, Daily News, 9 May 2026
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
Noun
The birth rate, or the number of births per 1,000 residents, has been declining for years, with the exception of a bump in 2021 — part of a national trend that many attribute to the pandemic.
—Sasha Allen, Hartford Courant, 16 May 2026
That violence, along with forcing the closure of most of the capital’s hospitals, has left women, already facing risky births before gangs began laying siege to most neighborhoods in Port-au-Prince, even more likely to die in childbirth.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 16 May 2026
Georgia averages about 30 maternal deaths per 100,000 births for complications of pregnancy or childbirth, according to the 2025 March of Dimes’ Georgia report card.
—Roni Robbins, AJC.com, 15 May 2026
An investigation by Bloomberg Law and NBC News last year found dozens of women who were jailed, often for low-level offenses, and suffered miscarriages or excruciating births in dirty cells.
—Abigail Brooks, NBC news, 13 May 2026
The program will launch in the next fiscal year at 65 to 75 hospitals that serve low-income patients and perform a quarter of births in the state.
—Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 11 May 2026
According to the Cleveland Clinic, 5 to 8 percent of births in the United States are complicated by preeclampsia and related hypertensive disorders.
—Tina Sturdevant, New York Times, 10 May 2026
The all-new season is packed with fist-pump-worthy milestones and unforgettable moments, from pregnancies and baby showers to bachelorette parties, gender reveals, ab reveals, births, birthdays, weddings and more.
—Alyssa Modos, PEOPLE, 9 May 2026
Rosie the mother Jennifer McMullen, 101, is mother to six sons, three of whom reached adulthood and three who were lost within days of their births, between 1946 to 1949.
—Andre Mouchard, Daily News, 9 May 2026
Verb
This births a star that continually accretes more gas and becomes more massive.
—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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Eastern and western ancestries in Karelian Mesolithic dogs suggest that two lineages diverged during the Paleolithic.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Mar. 2026
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That drops to 49% for Hispanic/Latino patients, 29% for Black patients and even lower for mixed ancestries, the NMDP reports.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
20 Mar. 2026
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In many ways, though, this represents not simply an evolution in American pluralism, but a return to one of the deepest currents in America’s own beginnings.—
Ari Berman,
New York Daily News,
15 May 2026
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And your life is about new beginnings, really.—
Arushi Jacob,
Variety,
15 May 2026
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The field sparrow produces less of a song than a beat.—
Christopher Gangemi,
New Yorker,
21 May 2026
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Adelstein and Clements are also executive producers on ABC’s Shifting Gears, and Adelstein executive produces Hulu’s upcoming Prison Break reboot.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
20 May 2026
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Genetic evidence suggests those dogs’ lineages might go back even further—at least to the end of the Late Pleistocene period, approximately 12,000 years ago.—
K. R. Callaway,
Scientific American,
11 May 2026
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Last week, the fellows presented their culturally sustainable materials that center Black community histories and lineages for young learners ages 3-7.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
30 Apr. 2026
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By moving some commencements away from increasingly costly private sites, the financially ailing school district could have saved about half a million dollars a year.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
24 Jan. 2026
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Studies have suggested that the pill results in more pronounced weight loss than Foundayo and has certain cardiovascular benefits, but so far, no clinical trial has directly compared the two drugs.—
Elsa Ohlen,
CNBC,
18 May 2026
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The year-round surf breaks—including the fast-barreling tubes of Cloud 9, some 30 minutes from the resort—draw most visitors to the island, and Nay Palad’s team has a Rolodex of pro surf instructors on call to show guests the best waves.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 May 2026
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The seal texts often introduced the owners with their names, genealogies, gender, professions and hometowns.—
Serdar Yalçin,
The Conversation,
3 Nov. 2025
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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
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Saturday Night Live host Matt Damon was cast as the adoring husband in Mom, an entirely inoffensive movie where nothing bad happens—something that mothers everywhere will enjoy.—
William Vaillancourt,
Rolling Stone,
10 May 2026
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Some parents − overwhelmingly mothers − are stepping back from full-time work or leaving the workforce altogether to accommodate the needs of their family.—
Madeline Mitchell,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Births.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/births. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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