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
Check out the two gals holding hands.
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Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 11 Oct. 2025
For quality basics, every in-the-know gal knows to turn to Max Mara, Naked Cashmere, and Extreme Cashmere—three brands adept at crafting the essentials.
—Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2025
Preliminary *guess* is #gasprices could rise 35-95c/gal on the West coast.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Each section of the famed hall had its handful of guys wearing snappy button Western shirts and gals wearing loud cowboy hats, like goths sporting black mascara at a My Chemical Romance Halloween gig.
—Adam Gold, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
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Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 11 Oct. 2025
For quality basics, every in-the-know gal knows to turn to Max Mara, Naked Cashmere, and Extreme Cashmere—three brands adept at crafting the essentials.
—Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2025
Preliminary *guess* is #gasprices could rise 35-95c/gal on the West coast.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Each section of the famed hall had its handful of guys wearing snappy button Western shirts and gals wearing loud cowboy hats, like goths sporting black mascara at a My Chemical Romance Halloween gig.
—Adam Gold, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gal
Noun
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Despite the backlash, the woman stands firm in her decision.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
26 Oct. 2025
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The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, or WIC, offers food benefits, breastfeeding services and nutrition education to 65,000 Arkansas women, infants and children younger than five.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
26 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Dorzon had been shot 11 times and his girlfriend had also been hit, collapsing on the front lawn.—
Nicole Acosta,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
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His girlfriend Swan was also hit and had collapsed in the front yard.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez,
FOXNews.com,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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At age 15, she was shot in the face by the Taliban for advocating for girls' education in her home country of Pakistan.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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At the absolute minimum, Prince Andrew and others in Epstein’s orbit showed a pathological incuriosity about the young girls who surrounded him—and that is stretching good faith to its very limit.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
25 Oct. 2025
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His infectious personality and good looks have won over a few of the ladies and disarmed many of the men.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Nov. 2025
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The ladies were joined by her nephew Psalm and niece Chicago — whose parents are Kim and Kanye West — as well as Dream.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
2 Nov. 2025
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“Gal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gal. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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