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- noun Plural form of
birth .
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Examples
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They note that the decline in births is equivalent to 135,000 fewer white males in the US and 127,000 fewer males in Japan over the past three decades and suggest that environmental factors are one explanation for these trends.
April 9th, 2007 2007
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It is important to distinguish between the post-WWII demographic boom in births vs. the cultural generations born during that era.
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Evidence suggests the mother snake has had multiple virgin births, producing 22 baby snakes that have no father.
Snake Gives 'Virgin Birth,' Parthenogenesis, Twice To Extraordinary Babies With Unique Genetic Make-Up The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Then afterwards there was a big spike in births called the post-war baby boom so the generation became Boomers.
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Evidence suggests the mother snake has had multiple virgin births, producing ...
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He seemed genuinely moved, but also immediately pointed out a very different response to the events of October 1962 - a sharp increase in births nine months later.
William J. Arnone: TED SORENSEN: Wisdom, Wit, and Warmth William J. Arnone 2010
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The largest decline in births were in California and Florida, two states hit hardest by the housing crisis.
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A study last year estimated that reducing early term births to 1.7% could save close to $1 billion annually.
A Push for More Pregnancies to Last 39 Weeks Laura Landro 2011
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The Great Depression and subsequent recessions all were accompanied by a decline in births, said Carol Hogue, an Emory University professor of maternal and child health and epidemiology.
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Evidence suggests the mother snake has had multiple virgin births, producing 22 baby snakes that have no father.
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