informal
: best friend
The holiday was a present from my bestie to celebrate my 32nd birthday …—
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Hadid was joined for dinner by besties Kylie Jenner and Hailey Bieber, who definitely seemed to get the monochromatic memo.
—Laura Tortora, Glamour, 14 Aug. 2025
Inspired by Cosmopolitan editor-in-chief Joanna Coles, The Bold Type ran for five seasons from 2017 to 2021, following Jane (Stevens), Kat (Aisha) and Sutton (Fahy), three work besties who juggle life, love and career while working at fictional women’s magazine, Scarlet.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 3 Aug. 2025
Manifest with your besties, or start that group chat that turns into a movement.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 22 July 2025
Equally bad is the growing feeling that at some point, one of these besties may have to betray the other to survive.
—Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 1 Aug. 2025
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Laura Tortora, Glamour, 14 Aug. 2025
Inspired by Cosmopolitan editor-in-chief Joanna Coles, The Bold Type ran for five seasons from 2017 to 2021, following Jane (Stevens), Kat (Aisha) and Sutton (Fahy), three work besties who juggle life, love and career while working at fictional women’s magazine, Scarlet.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 3 Aug. 2025
Manifest with your besties, or start that group chat that turns into a movement.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 22 July 2025
Equally bad is the growing feeling that at some point, one of these besties may have to betray the other to survive.
—Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 1 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bestie
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“Bestie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bestie. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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