as in girls
a female person who has not yet reached adulthood
she's still a filly, so she has plenty of time to decide what she wants to do in life
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Recent Examples of fillies
Sunday finale Brown is seeking his seventh Matriarch win in nine years Sunday in the one-mile turf test for older fillies and mares.
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Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Nov. 2025
The $80,000 Swingtime Stakes matches a large field of fillies and mares seeking their first stakes win in 2025.
—Kevin Modesti, Oc Register, 12 Oct. 2025
Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Nov. 2025
The $80,000 Swingtime Stakes matches a large field of fillies and mares seeking their first stakes win in 2025.
—Kevin Modesti, Oc Register, 12 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fillies
Noun
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On average, boys develop planning, organization, and emotional regulation later than girls.—
Dr. Liz Doe Stone,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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The scrutiny from the EU comes after Grok sparked a global backlash by allowing users, through its AI image generation and editing capabilities, to undress people, putting women and girls in transparent bikinis or revealing clothing.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Hear ye, hear ye, good lords and lasses!—
Teri Sforza,
Oc Register,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Fillies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fillies. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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