informal
: best friend
The holiday was a present from my bestie to celebrate my 32nd birthday …—
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After touching down at Charles de Gaulle Airport, the pair of besties wander the city, hitting flea markets and clubs alike.
—Alexandra Jhamb Burns, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 June 2026
Among the attendees were some of the Bravolebrity’s besties from the show like Alexia Nepola, Lisa Hochstein and Kiki Barth.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 2 June 2026
She's already been kicked off the school board at the behest of rival member — and school stadium-funding — Pipa Tang, who's become Beatrice's new soccer-mom bestie.
—Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 1 June 2026
In the show’s second season, Sylvia’s burgeoning event-planning business put her on a collision course with her platonic bestie’s bad-idea wedding, leaving her plenty of space to stumble and spin out within the show’s blessedly joke-heavy sensibility.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 29 May 2026
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Alexandra Jhamb Burns, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 June 2026
Among the attendees were some of the Bravolebrity’s besties from the show like Alexia Nepola, Lisa Hochstein and Kiki Barth.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 2 June 2026
She's already been kicked off the school board at the behest of rival member — and school stadium-funding — Pipa Tang, who's become Beatrice's new soccer-mom bestie.
—Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 1 June 2026
In the show’s second season, Sylvia’s burgeoning event-planning business put her on a collision course with her platonic bestie’s bad-idea wedding, leaving her plenty of space to stumble and spin out within the show’s blessedly joke-heavy sensibility.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 29 May 2026
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“Bestie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bestie. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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