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birthday

[burth-dey] / ˈbɜrθˌdeɪ /
NOUN
date of birth
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If your husband is still with us on this 80th birthday, you can revisit your calculations then.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

The stores sell dresses for proms, special occasions and quinceañeras, a Latin American rite of passage celebrating a young girl’s 15th birthday and her transition to adulthood.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

It turned out that even as he approached his 40th birthday, his soccer career wasn’t quite dead yet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

Before that she'd been selling her baked goods at markets, having launched a business during the Covid pandemic delivering afternoon teas and birthday cakes.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

How crusty would it look if Rue got me a tennis bracelet, and on her birthday, I handed her coupons to Popeyes?

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold




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