informal
: best friend
The holiday was a present from my bestie to celebrate my 32nd birthday …—
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Welcome to The Girls, where Khloé Kardashian’s inner circle of real-life besties are raising babies, running businesses, and surviving brutally honest group chats.
—Peter White, Deadline, 22 Apr. 2026
Fallen Angels itself — about a pair of witty, worldly besties who get blitzed on champagne while considering cheating on their husbands with a mutual old flame — landed its author in trouble with the censors in London.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2026
The pair was once seen together everywhere, acting the part of blond besties to seemingly promote their new collaboration.
—Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 16 Apr. 2026
As Holland tees up, the sequence begins with Peter Parker at his local bodega as Ned walks in to buy a beer and keg… all without noticing his one-time bestie, who is hunched in the corner.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 14 Apr. 2026
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Peter White, Deadline, 22 Apr. 2026
Fallen Angels itself — about a pair of witty, worldly besties who get blitzed on champagne while considering cheating on their husbands with a mutual old flame — landed its author in trouble with the censors in London.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2026
The pair was once seen together everywhere, acting the part of blond besties to seemingly promote their new collaboration.
—Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 16 Apr. 2026
As Holland tees up, the sequence begins with Peter Parker at his local bodega as Ned walks in to buy a beer and keg… all without noticing his one-time bestie, who is hunched in the corner.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 14 Apr. 2026
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“Bestie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bestie. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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