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gal

noun

ˈgal

Definition of gal

as in woman

a female romantic companion after years of dating, Fred finally asked his gal to marry him

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Recent Examples of gal The difference between being exposed to alpha-gal syndrome from eating red meat and from a tick bite has to do with where the alpha gal enters the body. — Alice Park, Time, 23 July 2026 The antibodies create sensitivity toward alpha-gal and the risk of developing the allergy. — Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026 The study surveyed blood donations for the disease’s key antibody, which is in a class dubbed IgE and specifically attacks a double-sugar molecule called galactose-α-1,3-galactose, also known as alpha-gal. — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 7 July 2026 Zadie Smith might be the only literary gal who can let loose? — Julia Hass, Literary Hub, 7 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for gal

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Twelve people were rescued, and divers later located the woman and the infant in the water, police said.

— Martin Goillandeau, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026
The issue has dominated conversation around the WNBA in the wake of Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham’s recent comments in favor of excluding trans athletes from women’s sports.

— Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of woman

Noun

Johnson created the story of Nancy (Emilia Jones), who is not a girlfriend, but a crush who Bourdain foolhardily (and under false pretenses) follows to Provincetown after not getting a writing fellowship.

— Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 6 Aug. 2026
Sheila Kuehl played Zelda Gilroy, Dobie’s smart and confident classmate and eventual girlfriend.

— Sophie Clausen, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of girlfriend

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And if that happened to me as a person who had worked in the industry for 15 years at that point, what’s happening to other girls who want to learn how to play bass, who live in Idaho, who don’t even have access to instruments?

— Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 10 Aug. 2026
Their daughter, Josephine, attended a Catholic girls’ school in the Maryland suburbs, and then, like her father, went to Harvard; their son, John, attended a boarding school in Connecticut, and then the University of Miami.

— Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of girl

Noun

The ladies then go around and talk about their most iconic moment on the show.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
For most guys, turning up poolside in the same trunks as someone else isn’t that big of a deal—certainly not a faux pas on the same level as, say, the lady in your life’s arriving on the red carpet in the same gown as another woman.

— Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 9 Aug. 2026

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