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birthplace

[burth-pleys] / ˈbɜrθˌpleɪs /


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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

At the other extreme, she becomes artist-in-residence of the Beethoven-Haus Bonn, where she will serve as pianist, conductor and curator in Beethoven’s birthplace.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

Millions visit Plymouth, Mass., to see the birthplace of American self-government.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

It said the site was also "the birthplace of future UK science pioneers", as it welcomed "more than 25,000 schoolchildren every year".

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

At least, she thought, she had one new piece of information: Mia’s birthplace, listed as Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, on the birth certificate next to Mia Warren.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

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

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

Campaigners have bid to give the birthplaces of The Beatles registered status and get official recognition for "where it all started".

From BBC Dec. 21, 2023

Each year, hordes of them surge from the ocean into Canada’s rivers and streams, swimming back to their birthplaces to spawn.

From Scientific American Oct. 30, 2023

Does the history of technology depend on nothing more than accidents of the birthplaces of a few inventors?

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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