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birthday

[burth-day] / ˈbɜrθˌdeɪ /
NOUN
date of birth
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Mountbatten-Windsor's arrest, carried out on his 66th birthday, followed a series of revelations from the Epstein files, published by the US Department of Justice.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

He liked to open one on her birthday to celebrate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

In 2006, she memorably performed as a kids’ birthday party entertainer—and bombed.

From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2026

Fiona celebrated her 13th birthday in November and was the second of the couple’s three daughters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

As soon as things got a little awkward on my birthday, he shut me out.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

It is a season in which a lot of energy is flowing out: two family weddings back-to-back, seven family birthdays between August and November, the usual work, a cookbook project, a documentary.

From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026

With both of their birthdays at the end of October, Emily says they'd always planned to spend them together, but "now I just come here".

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

Parents could choose from an approved list of foods for birthdays; watermelon was OK.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

I don’t know how you feel about birthdays.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

We all had our birthdays on Easter, all nine of us, or at least, that’s when we celebrated them.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron




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