birthing
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of birthing
Example Sentences
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Like the spine, the human pelvis must balance two competing demands: efficient bipedal walking and birthing large-brained infants.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
The state plans to later expand to additional hospitals and birthing centers.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026
Doctors at St. Louis-based Mercy, which runs birthing hospitals in Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas, began noticing an uptick in families turning down the vitamin K shot during the pandemic.
From Salon ● May 7, 2026
The city is ever-evolving, the past giving way to the future, birthing new guises and blurring the old.
From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2026
It was an unyielding homage to ancient Greece and Imperial Rome, the birthing grounds of civilization.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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