birthed

past tense of birth, chiefly dialect

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Recent Examples of birthed The series has been birthed over the last few years as producers secured access to a busy ward. Peter White, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2026 Then there are the fragmented attention spans birthed by our dearly beloved screens, which cultivate a kind of cognitive whiplash that vacillates between amnesia and yearning for more. Christopher Coffman, The Conversation, 24 Aug. 2026 The return across the Atlantic also follows Netflix downgrading its overall deal with the pair that birthed Harry & Meghan, Polo and With Love, Meghan, among other projects, to a first-look deal. Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2026 Indeed, some key elements of ESPN were birthed under Rasmussen. Brian Steinberg, Variety, 18 Aug. 2026 In turn, schools like the Forge birthed a new military archetype, whose adherents were often privileged, scrappy, and damaged—just as Holden Caulfield was. Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026 Golden State was basically birthed into existence in front of it all. Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026 Its success birthed a stand-alone hot chicken restaurant in Nashville’s Midtown, which in turn launched a multi-state expansion that’s now reached as far as Chicago, Dallas, and Las Vegas. Ellen Fort, Bon Appetit Magazine, 31 July 2026 The movie birthed hundreds of action movies with the elevator pitch, Die Hard on a plane; Die Hard on the beach; Die Hard in a phone booth. Frank Racioppi, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for birthed
Verb
  • The film is produced by Mattia Guerra for Be Water Film, Filippo Sugar and Elisabetta Biganzoli for Sugar Play, and Marco Colombo for Adler Entertainment, together with Marco Morabito and Fasano.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The late star had also been a co-owner of Sandollar Productions alongside her former manager, Sandy Gallin, which produced Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Father of the Bride and Sabrina, among others.
    Lars Brandle, Billboard, 27 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Three victims had serious injuries but were in stable condition, while two others had minor injuries.
    Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026
  • When the islanders first got their phones back while in Fiji, Melanie had a video call with her sister in an unseen clip.
    Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 1 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The system controls bleed air delivered to pilots through their oxygen masks.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Another speech that has remained in the collective memory was the one delivered in Kiberg in 1992, during a trip to northern Norway.
    Stefania Conrieri, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026

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“Birthed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/birthed. Accessed 3 Sep. 2026.

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