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
All the low-maintenance gals out there can sit pretty with a no-frills lob like this one by stylist Ashley Ruiz.
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Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 10 June 2026
Then in Game 3 Saturday night, host Vegas storms to 4-0 lead, Carolina scores three gals in 39 seconds en route to 4-4 knot; Vegas wins in double-OT.
—Greg Cote
june 7, Miami Herald, 7 June 2026
Disney Channel gals got to stay together.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 5 June 2026
And as a bisexual gal celebrating Pride Month?
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 5 June 2026
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Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 10 June 2026
Then in Game 3 Saturday night, host Vegas storms to 4-0 lead, Carolina scores three gals in 39 seconds en route to 4-4 knot; Vegas wins in double-OT.
—Greg Cote
june 7, Miami Herald, 7 June 2026
Disney Channel gals got to stay together.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 5 June 2026
And as a bisexual gal celebrating Pride Month?
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 5 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gal
Noun
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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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Pearce was arrested in February after an incident with former girlfriend Rickea Jackson and eventually charged with three felonies.—
Josh Kendall,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
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Prosecutors allege a 35-year-old man intentionally set fire to his former girlfriend's Cambridge, Minnesota, home while her husband, a Marine veteran, and his service dog were inside.—
Jason Rantala,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
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Stitch centers on a lonely girl who befriends a blue puppy that turns out to be an escaped alien engineered to be a weapon of mass destruction.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
12 June 2026
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Southlake Carroll boys and girls soccer both had teams that were standouts in the Fort Worth area.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 June 2026
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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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“Gal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gal. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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