belles

plural of belle

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for belles
Noun
  • According to the alert, the peaches were sold in retail stores across the country from September 16, 2025, to October 29, 2025.
    Deputy News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Red wine provides them as well, as does kale, tomatoes, and peaches.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 29 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Better Homes & Gardens Test Garden manager, Sandra Gerdes, shares 11 leafy beauties that can take your containers well into winter.
    Miranda Crowell, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Good luck choosing between these beauties.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • This period also saw Husain exploring female forms, including images of Hindu goddesses like Durga and Lakshmi, sometimes in suggestive or erotic poses.
    Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
  • These goddesses were no feminists.
    Vanessa Taylor, Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The 22-year-old Australian influencer grew up in the 2010s era makeup YouTubers — when NikkieTutorials, Jaclyn Hill and Laura Lee were the reigning queens of social media — and was completely taken by their creative looks.
    Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The results showed that hives treated with mixtures containing methyl oleate were far less likely to rear new queens.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 27 Oct. 2025
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“Belles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belles. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.

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