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as in filly
a female person who has not yet reached adulthood
when I was a girl, I wanted a horse so badly
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as in girlfriend
a female romantic companion
found an old letter by my grandfather asking my grandmother to be his girl
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Recent Examples of girl
Her clutch performance earned her girls basketball Player of the Week honors.
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Jeffrey Perkins, San Antonio Express-News, 13 Feb. 2026
Aledo girls keep improving After a solid 2025 campaign that saw Aledo make it past the area round, the Bearcats have kept improving under head coach Donny Ott.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Feb. 2026
Brown also has been a thrower for Valparaiso’s girls track and field team.
—Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2026
A little girl riding a bike with training wheels, notwithstanding her hot pink tutu.
—Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 13 Feb. 2026
But, as the years wore on, by 2010, 2011, there were more than a dozen underage girls who filed civil lawsuits against him.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 13 Feb. 2026
America’s first transgender member of Congress and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are joining forces to highlight girls’ fundamental rights at the Munich Security Conference.
—Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 13 Feb. 2026
For example, Felicity Merriman, a character featured in the line, and her story take place in 1774, before the American Revolution, while Addy Walker, a character whose story takes place in 1864, in the middle of the Civil War, is a girl born into slavery.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 13 Feb. 2026
In a series of flashbacks, we’re gradually given context for the haunting image of four girls watching fire consume a cabin.
—Judy Berman, Time, 13 Feb. 2026
Jeffrey Perkins, San Antonio Express-News, 13 Feb. 2026
Aledo girls keep improving After a solid 2025 campaign that saw Aledo make it past the area round, the Bearcats have kept improving under head coach Donny Ott.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Feb. 2026
Brown also has been a thrower for Valparaiso’s girls track and field team.
—Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2026
A little girl riding a bike with training wheels, notwithstanding her hot pink tutu.
—Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 13 Feb. 2026
But, as the years wore on, by 2010, 2011, there were more than a dozen underage girls who filed civil lawsuits against him.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 13 Feb. 2026
America’s first transgender member of Congress and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are joining forces to highlight girls’ fundamental rights at the Munich Security Conference.
—Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 13 Feb. 2026
For example, Felicity Merriman, a character featured in the line, and her story take place in 1774, before the American Revolution, while Addy Walker, a character whose story takes place in 1864, in the middle of the Civil War, is a girl born into slavery.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 13 Feb. 2026
In a series of flashbacks, we’re gradually given context for the haunting image of four girls watching fire consume a cabin.
—Judy Berman, Time, 13 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for girl
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Soon after, Douvia’s sister, Margaret, also moved to the area and found work as a maid.—
Elijah Winkler,
Kansas City Star,
10 Feb. 2026
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But like all good soapy murders, a body—the maid of honor’s—soon (literally) washes up, plunging the entire wedding party into delightful whodunit mayhem.—
Stephanie Bai,
The Atlantic,
8 Feb. 2026
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Sunday finale Brown is seeking his seventh Matriarch win in nine years Sunday in the one-mile turf test for older fillies and mares.—
Bill Center,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Nov. 2025
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The $80,000 Swingtime Stakes matches a large field of fillies and mares seeking their first stakes win in 2025.—
Kevin Modesti,
Oc Register,
12 Oct. 2025
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The sorting of documents came as Epstein’s former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, invoked her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination while testifying virtually before the House Oversight Committee.—
Lauren Green,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Feb. 2026
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Italian model and, yes, girlfriend of Leonardo DiCaprio, Vittoria Ceretti, handed off the Italian flag while wearing a crisp, white Armani dress (what else).—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
9 Feb. 2026
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Nearly 100 people have flown on the rocket since Bezos himself boarded New Shepard for its maiden crewed spaceflight in July 2021, including celebrities like actor William Shatner and musical artist Katy Perry.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
3 Feb. 2026
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The Chargers have been impressive in their D-1 maiden voyage, winning seven games (three over D-1 schools) and posting a 2-2 mark so far in the NEC.—
Kels Dayton,
Hartford Courant,
15 Jan. 2026
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Laborious yet lithe lads and lasses have loyally leapt to luminate the lexical labyrinths of logic locking the lucrative lotto, longing to lure the lavish luxury lying latently in local landmarks.—
Jared Kaufman,
Twin Cities,
28 Jan. 2026
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Pippi is this young, really strong, nine-year-old kick-ass gal, redefining the roles in a strict little town where people don’t expect a young lass to be living on her own.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Dec. 2025
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While individual risk factors vary, the average risk of developing colorectal cancer over one's lifetime is about 1 in 24 for men and about 1 in 26 for women, per the American Cancer Society.—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA Today,
12 Feb. 2026
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Depending on the severity, menopause symptoms can affect a woman’s quality of life.—
Jocelyn Solis-Moreira,
Flow Space,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Girl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/girl. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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