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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
Erica Sloan, SELF, 26 Sep. 2025
Medicaid paid for 39% of Ohio births in 2023, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation analysis.
—Jessie Balmert, Cincinnati Enquirer, 26 Sep. 2025
For women 40 and older, the agency found births increased by 193%.
—Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
In the second quarter, the number of births exceeded deaths by 13,404, with immigration adding 33,694 people.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2025
Police said Mauthe never sought medical treatment after the births and did not report any of the deaths.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 24 Sep. 2025
Photo-illustration by Newsweek/Canva Financial issues, family policies and cultural shifts are generally cited as the main reasons for the decline in births, which Newsweek has broken down in detail here.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
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
Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Sep. 2025
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So, lowering the risk of hospitalization and major illness for the pregnant person is another way in which the COVID-19 vaccine can lead to safer, healthier pregnancies and births.
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The film charts his romances and business endeavors, including a nightclub that seemingly births the jazz movement.
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The box covers the most popular classes and ancestries such as humans, elves, dwarves and halflings.—
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Baz’s intelligence also stretches to the sense that Knight will go back to Bond’s beginnings as a Royal Navy Commander before he was recruited by MI6, the UK’s foreign intelligence agency, and chart how Bond attained 007 status.—
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Back to Starbucks is shorthand for returning the business to its community coffee house beginnings, with more inviting stores and a less complex menu.—
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Spiraling into hate only wastes energy, furthers the divide, and produces greater suffering.—
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Roller created the series and executive produces with Chris McKenna, Dan Harmon, Steve Levy and Titmouse’s Chris Prynoski, Shannon Prynoski, Antonio Canobbio and Ben Kalina.—
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While multiple human lineages have been discovered from this time, scientists have struggled to create a clear timeline.—
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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.—
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The country is installing wind and solar projects faster than any other nation and today has almost half the world’s wind farms, USA TODAY previously reported.—
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Arkansas now has 24 commitments for the 2026 class.—
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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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When employers look past pedigrees and see workers’ singular abilities, histories, and motivations, skills gaps disappear.—
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Imanaga held them to two runs (one earned) on eight hits over 12⅓ innings in two starts this season.—
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Julian Hill, who has made 18 career starts, will likely remain Miami’s first-team in-line tight end, playing the majority of snaps.—
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“Births.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/births. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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