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Recent Examples of lady The ladies then separate into two groups. Brian Moylan, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025 And how do the campaigns keep their supporting ladies afloat? Clayton Davis, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025 This is for all the ladies who love Victoria’s Secret Angels. Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 16 Oct. 2025 The ladies are back with a fresh start, thirsty for power. Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lady
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Noun
  • Johnson was allegedly angry that the woman was taking too long at the checkout counter and threatened to harm her.
    Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Studies should reflect the diversity of real women, including race, age, and co existing conditions.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Nowadays the ghosts of the hotel’s original owner, his wife, and a mysterious child are said to haunt the property.
    Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Of his first impressions of his future wife, Plemons had nothing but praise.
    Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Neither Oh’s dizzy countess nor Nyong’o’s charming, feckless Viola ever takes the reins of this production, but that would be hard to do.
    Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
  • In a similar vein (pun intended), the 16th-century Hungarian countess Elizabeth Báthory was rumored to have bathed in the blood of young girls to preserve her youth.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 10 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • In November 2023, FBI Special Agent Barbara Johnson traveled to the Philippines to interview two of Iza’s former acquaintances, Mir Islam and Troy Woody, who were incarcerated there, charged with the murder of Woody’s girlfriend.
    Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Fox 59 and the Indy Star reported that Benefiel was arrested shortly after the incident and identified by Settles’ girlfriend, who was in the car with her boyfriend at the time of the shooting.
    Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • And those two are definitely female-driven.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The Meridian Police Department responded to a report of an unresponsive female in a lot outside a business on Eagle Road, and the investigation is still in preliminary stages, spokesperson Jordan Robinson told the Idaho Statesman in an email.
    Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • And YouTube, marketing itself as the global hub of fandom cultivation, became queen bee.
    Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Peru’s cumbia family dynasty Grupo 5, Puerto Rico’s versatile Guaynaa, Argentina’s cuartetazo force Luck Ra, Puerto Rican merengue queen Olga Tañón and Cuba’s rising reparto sensation Bebeshito will discuss how their respective genres have the power to cross borders.
    Leila Cobo, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Instead of croquet games or slam books, the four teen girls of The Craft use spells to help get through their adolescent angst.
    Gwen Ihnat, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Upon receiving the message, FBI agents immediately headed to the Broberg’s home, beginning a nationwide search for the little girl.
    Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • This email was sent in the context of advice the duchess was given to try to assuage Epstein and his threats.
    Christina Dugan Ramirez , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The duchess then smiled warmly at Harry before weaving her own arm underneath his, moving his hand up her back.
    Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025

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“Lady.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lady. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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