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birthplace

[burth-plays] / ˈbɜrθˌpleɪs /


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The Valley also has a history of activism as the birthplace of the Texas farmworker movement of the 1960’s.

From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2026

A new chemical analysis challenges earlier theories about the asteroid's birthplace and suggests that Jupiter played an important role in shaping the materials from which Bennu and other ancient objects formed.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

Others joked that a protest about commodity futures was distinctly on brand for the University of Chicago, the birthplace of the Chicago School of economics.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

Paramount Skydance Chief Executive David Ellison faces a pivotal decision: Should he uproot his Hollywood studio — the birthplace of such film classics as “Sunset Boulevard,” “The Godfather” and “Beverly Hills Cop”?

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

That is as far north as the lower parts of Alaska, or the Shetland Islands of Scotland, birthplace of the famously brave and rugged Shetland ponies.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

Their two youngest have middle names for their birthplaces: Maverick Montana and Lola Dakota.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

The answer lies in a process called "radial migration" -- stars gradually moving outward from their birthplaces by interacting with spiral waves in the Galaxy.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 29, 2026

Fifa investigators said the grandparents' original birth certificates showed they had been born in countries like Argentina and Spain - all corresponding with the players' birthplaces.

From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2026

That pattern matches a practice ethnographers call patrilocality, in which men stay put while women leave their birthplaces to find mates, a pattern also seen in ancient European farmers, among others.

From Science Magazine ● Apr. 24, 2024

There were millions of other Americans who had left their birthplaces in search of a dream.

From "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie


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