as in birth
the act or instance of being born
my father and grandparents were proud observers of my nativity
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Recent Examples of nativity
Digital nativity has produced a generation that communicates grievances through memes, symbols and cultural references that cross borders with ease.
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Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2025
The key insight is that digital nativity doesn't equal AI readiness.
—Tarun Galagali, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
No matter her source, the world beyond the Dorf was always mediated, by time and human error; if the Apostles couldn’t agree on the nativity, Richie Mueller’s account of a ball python at the 4-H conference begged skepticism.
—Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2025
Carrara’s cathedral — made almost entirely of Carrara marble, naturally — features a nativity with miniature renderings of mining life: figurines of cavatori (quarrymen) with chisels and axes, little marble wheelbarrows, blocks being lugged down the hill.
—Meara Sharma, The Dial, 22 July 2025
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Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2025
The key insight is that digital nativity doesn't equal AI readiness.
—Tarun Galagali, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
No matter her source, the world beyond the Dorf was always mediated, by time and human error; if the Apostles couldn’t agree on the nativity, Richie Mueller’s account of a ball python at the 4-H conference begged skepticism.
—Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2025
Carrara’s cathedral — made almost entirely of Carrara marble, naturally — features a nativity with miniature renderings of mining life: figurines of cavatori (quarrymen) with chisels and axes, little marble wheelbarrows, blocks being lugged down the hill.
—Meara Sharma, The Dial, 22 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nativity
birth
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There’s nothing wrong with this effort by an artist to depict those tender and heroic moments after giving birth.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
23 Oct. 2025
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Advertisement These enemies of the Republic never forgot the its violent birth.—
Time,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Nativity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nativity. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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