birth
noun
an act or instance of being born.
Example Sentences
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While medieval Iberia and pre-Columbian Mexico were radically different places, the imagination that birthed these beasts reveals shared interests that transcended time, place and culture.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
But as Caulfield noted, the wellness movement has undergone a major cultural change in the past half-decade that has made it almost unrecognizable from the movement that birthed MAHA.
From Slate ● Jul. 29, 2026
It also created the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network that ultimately birthed the internet.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
“HungryGhost is birthed from Margo’s experience of feeling like an alien,” Fanning says.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
This, according to his own mother, Grandma Sweetwine, who never understood how she birthed and raised such a thistle-head.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
