as in feminine
of, relating to, or marked by qualities traditionally associated with women
the composer's new music calls for female voices
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Recent Examples of female
Emily Carmela Nelson, Idaho Statesman, 12 June 2026
Swift, the youngest female inductee in the history of the SHOF, spent the evening having a blast with fiancé Travis Kelce by her side and her family, as well as Donna Kelce, filling the table.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 12 June 2026
Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 11 June 2026
The females then lay unfertilized eggs that never hatch, ending the reproductive cycle.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 11 June 2026
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Adjective
On Thursday evening, Troy McFadden, 46, was taken into custody by the Nampa Police Special Enforcement Team and transported to the Canyon County jail following an investigation by the department that determined McFadden had criminal contact with a 17-year-old female student.
—Emily Carmela Nelson, Idaho Statesman, 12 June 2026
Swift, the youngest female inductee in the history of the SHOF, spent the evening having a blast with fiancé Travis Kelce by her side and her family, as well as Donna Kelce, filling the table.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 12 June 2026
Noun
The males — all living in a 200-square-mile area of farms and wilderness outside Naples — seek mates and lead the biologists to large, fertile females holding up to 100 egg follicles.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 11 June 2026
The females then lay unfertilized eggs that never hatch, ending the reproductive cycle.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 11 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for female
Adjective
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Sybil, who spent her younger years beleaguered by the presence of her double, that emblem of feminine conformity named Désirée, never manages to perceive herself as anything but abnormal by comparison.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
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But when Cox was bullied by her peers for acting too feminine, her teachers and mother blamed the abuse on her.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
9 June 2026
Noun
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Find her firming night cream, rich-lady face oil, and blurring tinted sunscreen among a trove of other beauty gems.—
Kyra Surgent,
InStyle,
13 June 2026
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The ladies all celebrated with New York as the Knicks staged a historic comeback and defeated the Spurs 107-106.—
Leigh Blickley,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 June 2026
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Underneath all of that old Jewish humor is a woman who makes no effort to get to know the person her child has become, and who remains incurious about the parts of the world that don’t fit with her agenda.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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Two years later, in 1986, records show Marcelin was convicted of manslaughter for stabbing a woman to death.—
Katie Houlis,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
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“Female.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/female. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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