belles

plural of belle

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for belles
Noun
  • Cherries, peaches, pears, nectarines and a variety of other fruits like jujubes (also known as Chinese dates) grow alongside greenhouse crops that stretch the season.
    Brittany Anas, Denver Post, 10 June 2026
  • Friday, June 26, Birthday Lunch, Oven Fried Chicken, mashed potatoes, corn, whole grain bread, peaches, cake, milk.
    Ramona Sentinel, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2026
Noun
  • Why so many charmers, devious or otherwise?
    Anna Russell, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
  • The filmmaker’s passion for foolhardy underdogs and train-wreck charmers electrifies this tale of a postwar striver (an unbelievable Timothée Chalamet) trying to make his name in table tennis.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Check out Bond's current offerings on Moda Operandi, including pieces that caught our eye like the Mystic necklace, a tassel-like beaded number that's great for adding sparkle to your décolletage, or the Ophelia earrings, a truly unique set of dangling amethyst beauties.
    Kelsey Legg, ABC News, 9 June 2026
  • Some of the best oyster plates on the market are vintage, like this set of six midcentury beauties.
    Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 9 June 2026
Noun
  • The goddesses were always women first.
    Vogue, Vogue, 1 June 2026
  • Drawn from the museum’s founding collection, the exhibitions aim trace the evolution of human culture through storytelling, from ancient sculptures of gods and goddesses to Renaissance paintings to photographs, comics, and modern cinema, including props and costumes from the Lucas Archives.
    Marc Malkin, Variety, 30 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • His dream was nothing less than a new reality, a hopeful future free of despotism, ruled by equality and liberty, rather than kings and queens.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 June 2026
  • Despite eating royal jelly, the queens raised in worker wax were smaller and didn’t survive as well.
    ABC News, ABC News, 3 June 2026
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“Belles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belles. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.

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