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  • noun Plural form of birthplace.

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Examples

  • Dubai, being one of the "birthplaces" of an entire category of investment known as "Islamic Bonds", was considered a "new dawn" for finance.

    Latest Articles 2009

  • Dubai, being one of the "birthplaces" of an entire category of investment known as "Islamic Bonds", was considered a "new dawn" for finance.

    Latest Articles 2009

  • The liberties that come with modernization, marketization, and integration into the world economy are precisely those that, for better or worse, increase mobility and dissolve the traditional ties of dependence that connect individuals to families, communities, and their birthplaces.

    The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

  • Fifty years long people were banned to move from their birthplaces.

    Get Briefed: Sali Berisha Alexandra Zendrian 2010

  • Of course, most people opt for laser tattoo removal to eradicate the etched name of an ex, like Angelina Jolie, who covered up a dragon bearing the name of now ex-hubby Billy Bob Thornton with geographical coordinates of her children's birthplaces, and Johnny Depp's famous "Wino Forever" tattoo, a laser amendment from "Winona Forever" in honor of his ex Winona Ryder.

    Megan Fox's Tattoo Removal Is So Painful She Has To Wear A Mouthguard, Sources Say 2011

  • He called for a new institutional model, which would give free rain to what Okwui Enwezor calls "civic imagination" -- and which would be the "birthplaces of a new art field."

    ARTINFO: Is Middle Eastern Art 500 Years Behind The West? ARTINFO 2012

  • Fifty years long people were banned to move from their birthplaces.

    Transcript: Sali Berisha Steve Forbes 2010

  • Fifty years long people were banned to move from their birthplaces.

    Transcript: Sali Berisha Steve Forbes 2010

  • For each of the inhabitants he recorded a birthplace, as well as the birthplaces of their parents, and for the foreign born he noted when they had emigrated and whether they were citizens of the United States.

    Excerpt: Passing Strange by Martha Sandweiss 2009

  • Fifty years long people were banned to move from their birthplaces.

    Get Briefed: Sali Berisha Alexandra Zendrian 2010

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