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Recent Examples of girlhood
Her collection is a tableau of teenage girlhood through the lens of her adolescence in Lima, Peru.
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Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 15 Sep. 2025
Nonfiction narratives that students both read and produce serve as counter-narratives to the oppressive and harmful tropes in media more generally about Black girls and girlhood.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 10 Sep. 2025
This novel also clicked for sympathetic girlhood reasons.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
Still, for fans of the book who were excited to see its first on-screen interpretation, the movie helped raise a generation by treating kids like real people and celebrating different versions of girlhood.
—Angela Andaloro, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Swift most recently explored girlhood and nostalgia with her record-breaking Eras Tour that ended in December and spanned each of her albums.
—Jay Stahl, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2025
Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 15 Sep. 2025
Nonfiction narratives that students both read and produce serve as counter-narratives to the oppressive and harmful tropes in media more generally about Black girls and girlhood.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 10 Sep. 2025
This novel also clicked for sympathetic girlhood reasons.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
Still, for fans of the book who were excited to see its first on-screen interpretation, the movie helped raise a generation by treating kids like real people and celebrating different versions of girlhood.
—Angela Andaloro, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Swift most recently explored girlhood and nostalgia with her record-breaking Eras Tour that ended in December and spanned each of her albums.
—Jay Stahl, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for girlhood
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This puts intense pressure on them to leap from boyhood directly into manhood.—
Ashleigh N. DeLuca,
Parents,
16 Sep. 2025
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Liverpool vs Real Madrid, November 4 From Kevin De Bruyne’s glorious homecoming, to one that could be a more awkward affair as Trent Alexander-Arnold returns to Liverpool just months after leaving his boyhood club for Real Madrid.—
Dan Cancian,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Even so, the belief in Mary’s life-long maidenhood is widely shared by members of the Eastern Orthodox Church and by some Lutherans.—
Rebecca Coffey,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2021
Noun
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In fact, Cam has been groomed to take Isaiah’s spot since childhood, though Isaiah won’t retire easily.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
20 Sep. 2025
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Time spent in the resort town, located roughly 15 miles south of Bend, is still one of my fondest childhood memories.—
Lauren Jones,
Travel + Leisure,
20 Sep. 2025
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While most songbirds are independent within weeks of leaving the nest, Royal Terns have a long adolescence.—
Cecilia Rodriguez,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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And while millennials like myself can remember The BSC as a cornerstone of our adolescence, the series has proved to be timeless again and again, ushering new generations into the world of Stoneybrook, Connecticut.—
De Elizabeth,
Parents,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Girlhood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/girlhood. Accessed 23 Sep. 2025.
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