cover girl

noun

: an attractive young woman whose picture appears on a magazine cover

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On Tuesday, May 13, the publication announced the 58-year-old actress, model and producer as one of its 2025 cover girls, joining athletes Livvy Dunne and Jordan Chiles and model Lauren Chan with her own sizzling cover moment. Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 13 May 2025 The prosecutor behind Elizabeth Holmes' guilty verdict said the entrepreneur's fall from Silicon Valley's cover girl to a felon serves as a cautionary tale. Julia Bonavita, Fox News, 9 Mar. 2025 The men’s lifestyle magazine, which was founded by Hugh Hefner in 1953 and featured Marilyn Monroe as its first cover girl, is attempting to make a comeback after facing several tumultuous years. Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 22 Feb. 2025 Hefner told me that his first cover girl, Marilyn Monroe, (dead since 1962) was buried in a drawer at the mausoleum in Westwood Village Memorial Park in Los Angeles. Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cover girl

Word History

First Known Use

1899, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of cover girl was in 1899

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“Cover girl.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cover%20girl. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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