birthed

past tense of birth, chiefly dialect

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of birthed Relatively cheap, unmanned aerial systems connected to low Earth orbit satellite networks have birthed a new frontier of difficult-to-defend-against innovations in aerial warfare. — Gerard Toal, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026 Pattinson was already on board to produce, but had declined to star as Chris Hansen, the former Dateline NBC journalist who birthed the 2000s sensation To Catch a Predator. — Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 12 Oct. 2026 All of us owe the foursome a thanks for hastening the demise of the old Latino political machines that birthed them and kept the city stuck in tribalism for too long. — Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026 But recovering from a second knee injury in as many years offers time for reflection, including that highlight reel which birthed his legend almost 10 years ago. — Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2026 Even more surprisingly, the 24-year-old doe that lived in captivity in Kerr Wildlife Management Area actually birthed a fawn in her final year. — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 24 Sep. 2026 Peaches later birthed offspring ranging in color from brown to orange and blue, allowing researchers the unusual opportunity to study how these rare colorations may be inherited. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2026 That really hit me, because that is the spirit with which it was birthed. — Chris Willman, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026 However, the neutron stars created by such events may be difficult to distinguish from stellar remnants birthed in the traditional way. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for birthed
Verb
  • Those changes seem to be linked to metabolic shifts, among them reductions in the load of glucose, the body’s standard fuel, which is produced mostly from carbohydrates.
    — Rowan Jacobsen, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • For context, burning fossil fuels produced about 38 billion tons in 2025.
    — Scott K. Johnson, ArsTechnica, 19 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • One was Larry Page, the 53-year-old Google cofounder who had ties to California for decades and began severing them after the wealth tax proposal.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Both events revealed that the old models of long- and short-duration GRBs had holes in them.
    — Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • RPOs are agreements to provide services that a company knows it will be paid for in the future—the revenue simply hasn’t been delivered yet.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Knicks legends Earl Monroe and John Wallace delivered the commemorative bottle openers and tickets for the upcoming season.
    — Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 16 Oct. 2026

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“Birthed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/birthed. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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