birth
noun
an act or instance of being born.
Example Sentences
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“There’s about 3.6 million births in the U.S. and it’s been relatively flat for a while,” she said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026
Graham said the scale of this year's births has been "a super overload of cuteness really."
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Yet official statistics claimed more than 14 million births annually.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
But with Xuan and Zhang controlling the firm that arranged the surrogate births, no one looked into their backgrounds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
Preserved Maya writing was similarly devoted to propaganda, births and accessions and victories of kings, and astronomical observations of priests.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
