fillies

plural of filly
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 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 And coupled with Bottle of Rouge’s upset victory Saturday in the Del Mar Debutante – Baffert’s 12th win in the fillies’ 2-year-old championship race – Baffert has now swept the juvenile titles two straight years and eight times since 1996. Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fillies
girls
Noun
  • Digs from the Grave Surrounded by so many beautiful young girls in Epstein’s orbit was difficult for Maxwell, Giuffre claimed in the book.
    KC Baker, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Two days later and nearly 400 miles to the west, good Samaritans found two baby girls crying on the dirty floor of a park restroom in the working-class coastal California city of Oxnard.
    Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025

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“Fillies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fillies. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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