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birthday

[burth-dey] / ˈbɜrθˌdeɪ /
NOUN
date of birth
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He is doing it on the 50th birthday of an elegant declaration spawned by a citizen uprising aimed at preserving the state’s greatest treasure.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

And Musk, the former head of the Department of Government Efficiency, celebrated America’s 250th birthday with an AI-generated video called “Sweet Land.”

From Salon Aug. 28, 2026

By the first 1,000 days, we mean the period from conception to a child’s second birthday.

From Science Daily Aug. 26, 2026

Though she is no longer Bandier’s live-in private chef, Tiedemann still sometimes cooks for Bandier and her family; she recently did Bandier’s birthday dinner.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 23, 2026

And then I think of something else that didn’t occur to me on my birthday.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

Swimming pools, playgrounds and birthdays are recurring subjects for Mr. Adams, and we can see him drawing from the likes of David Hockney, Alex Katz and Robert Colescott.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

Every year, we give each of our daughters and sons-in-law $100 for their birthdays.

From MarketWatch Jul. 1, 2026

"For me that meant no bedtime hugs, no bedtime stories, no Christmases, no birthdays," he said.

From BBC Jun. 23, 2026

So, based only on his current age of 80, Trump is likely to see eight more birthdays.

From Slate Jun. 14, 2026

He wasn’t going to ask if that other mom had the same birthday, too, just like her kids had the same birthdays as Chess, Emma, and Finn.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix




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