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boyfriends

noun

plural of boyfriend

as in beaux

a male romantic companion her boyfriend always brings her flowers for Valentine's Day

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Recent Examples of boyfriends The book is set around three years after the events of Heated Rivalry and sees Shane and Ilya as secret boyfriends while both play for Canadian hockey teams. — Tiffany Kelly, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Sep. 2026 The tired, the sick, the hungry, the famous and tons of ex-boyfriends, all regretting their wrongs. — Courtney Love, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2026 As well as the two ur-bad boyfriends from HBO’s Girls Christopher Abbott and Adam Driver who will portray, respectively, Professor Charles Xavier and Nathaniel Milbury/Mister Sinister. — Chris Lee, Vulture, 16 Aug. 2026 Brave will no doubt be poking fun at the usual suspects — including ex-boyfriends, and basically the male species in general, as well as unfortunate folks in the front row. — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 12 Aug. 2026 She’s also joined by a range of boyfriends, with shoppers being able to pick one that has traditionally light or dark features. — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 29 July 2026 There’s nothing like two boyfriends to do it for you every time. — Steve Wasserman, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2026 Cricket’s heart is always pointed firmly toward Olympia’s, while her attention moves restlessly from him to a succession of other boyfriends and artists. — Tope Folarin, The Atlantic, 22 July 2026 As with Yarmosky, Holmes seemed to be having fun with these boyfriends, according to The Cut. — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 15 July 2026

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Noun

So are their girlfriends and wives, who support their beaus in stadiums and at home.

— Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 1 Apr. 2026
Despite some very not-so-subtle hints from yours truly, my past beaus have never gifted me a handbag on Valentine’s Day, either.

— Michelle Baricevic, InStyle, 26 Jan. 2026

Definition of beaux

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By tightening those subplots, the series focuses more by design on exploring the inner lives of Cathy, Adam and Lee (Hoon Lee) — the Trask’s cook and housekeeper who becomes a second parent of sorts to Charles’ twin boys, Cal and Aron.

— Max Gao, Variety, 4 Oct. 2026
My boys dropped tennis after high school and are now in a college band together.

— Don Riddell, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of boys

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Thousands of women, or their husbands, fathers, brothers write to me for clarification, for information.

— Annalisa Merelli, STAT, 2 Oct. 2026
Audrey Niffenegger has long teased the sequel to The Time Traveler’s Wife, featuring Clare and Henry’s Chrono-Displaced daughter Alba and her two husbands—Oliver, a time traveler like her, and Zach, existing in linear time.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026

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