as in girl
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 filly
An undefeated filly won the $100,000 Dixie Belle Stakes on Saturday, just not the one that most bettors expected.
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Bob Wisener, Arkansas Online, 15 Feb. 2026
Thurby, a celebration of Kentucky’s heritage featuring live entertainment; and the Kentucky Oaks, a race for 3-year-old fillies (female horses).
—Chase Jordan
february 13, Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2026
Never farther back than second in the mile run for 2-year-old fillies, Just Aloof pulled away in the stretch under Hector Berrios to win by 2 ½ lengths over Latte Luv.
—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
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Bob Wisener, Arkansas Online, 15 Feb. 2026
Thurby, a celebration of Kentucky’s heritage featuring live entertainment; and the Kentucky Oaks, a race for 3-year-old fillies (female horses).
—Chase Jordan
february 13, Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2026
Never farther back than second in the mile run for 2-year-old fillies, Just Aloof pulled away in the stretch under Hector Berrios to win by 2 ½ lengths over Latte Luv.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for filly
Noun
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What kind of barbaric regime puts a school for little girls in a compound that used to be military?—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Mar. 2026
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For girls, Cheryl Miller still holds the most points scored at 41 when Riverside Poly won Division I in 1982 at the Oakland Coliseum over Los Gatos 77-44.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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Laborious yet lithe lads and lasses have loyally leapt to luminate the lexical labyrinths of logic locking the lucrative lotto, longing to lure the lavish luxury lying latently in local landmarks.—
Jared Kaufman,
Twin Cities,
28 Jan. 2026
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Pippi is this young, really strong, nine-year-old kick-ass gal, redefining the roles in a strict little town where people don’t expect a young lass to be living on her own.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Dec. 2025
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“Filly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/filly. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.
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