belles

noun

plural of belle
as in peaches

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  1. peaches
  2. charmers
  3. beauties
  4. goddesses
  5. queens
Noun
  • The pastries feature flaky, crisp puff pastry wrapped around sweet peaches and a creamy cheese filling.
    — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Add berries, peaches, or another favorite fruit for sweetness and fiber.
    — Elizabeth Gall, Verywell Health, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of peaches
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
Definition of charmers
Noun
  • These regions are already incredibly cinematic, but finding undiscovered beauties to shoot in this land was a true moment of pride and triumph.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Still, every spare inch is crammed with more than 32 different kinds of orchids imported from around the world, including such beauties as the flame-like Epidendrum radicans and the rare Dimorphorchis lowii.
    — Leigh-Ann Jackson, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of beauties
Noun
  • Christina Hendricks plays on of the screen goddesses, which seems perfect casting.
    — Carole Horst, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Among other things, Hinduism reveres femininity through the worship of powerful goddesses, including Saraswati, the goddess of wisdom; Kali, the goddess who destroys evil and ego; and Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth and prosperity.
    — Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of goddesses
Noun
  • This is hardly new, and scream queens, in particular, are often left to the whims of the internet.
    — Mariam Bagdady, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Royal rewears are a trend among Europe’s most prominent queens and princesses.
    — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of queens
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“Belles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belles. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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