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as in filly
a female person who has not yet reached adulthood
when I was a girl, I wanted a horse so badly
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as in girlfriend
a female romantic companion
found an old letter by my grandfather asking my grandmother to be his girl
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Recent Examples of girl
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.
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Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2026
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
Williams said the teen boy and the young girls are recovering from their injuries.
—Dejanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 12 June 2026
Here was a girl clinging for dear life to one perfect moment for fear that another may never arrive.
—Walden Green, Pitchfork, 12 June 2026
Sacramento police are seeking the driver in a deadly hit-and-run that killed a 9-year-old Oak Park girl Thursday night and left a man with serious injuries.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 12 June 2026
She was born on April 18, 2023 Rumer and her then-boyfriend Derek welcomed their baby girl on April 18, 2023.
—Laura Millar, PEOPLE, 12 June 2026
Ideal for a Saturday girls’ night.
—Minty Mellon, Vogue, 12 June 2026
The song’s most revealing lyrics come in its second verse, when Rodrigo sings of this girl sending him poems and posting in his clothes.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 12 June 2026
Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2026
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
Williams said the teen boy and the young girls are recovering from their injuries.
—Dejanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 12 June 2026
Here was a girl clinging for dear life to one perfect moment for fear that another may never arrive.
—Walden Green, Pitchfork, 12 June 2026
Sacramento police are seeking the driver in a deadly hit-and-run that killed a 9-year-old Oak Park girl Thursday night and left a man with serious injuries.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 12 June 2026
She was born on April 18, 2023 Rumer and her then-boyfriend Derek welcomed their baby girl on April 18, 2023.
—Laura Millar, PEOPLE, 12 June 2026
Ideal for a Saturday girls’ night.
—Minty Mellon, Vogue, 12 June 2026
The song’s most revealing lyrics come in its second verse, when Rodrigo sings of this girl sending him poems and posting in his clothes.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 12 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for girl
Noun
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Born in San Antonio to a mother who was a maid to his aristocratic father, who refused to claim him.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
8 June 2026
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Among them was Viola Davis, who earned her second Oscar nomination for portraying Aibileen Clark, a maid working for a white family in the 1960s.—
Angelique Brenes,
PEOPLE,
6 June 2026
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This day in sports history 1946 — Two-year-old fillies Chakoora and Uleta become the first thoroughbreds to complete a transcontinental flight.—
Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2026
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The race is a prelude to the Preakness, featuring 3-year-old fillies (female race horses).—
Baltimore Sun staff,
Baltimore Sun,
16 May 2026
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After investigating, detectives learned that Martinez had assaulted his girlfriend with a knife prior to the invasion.—
Jazmin Alvarado,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2026
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The lawsuit against DaBaby over a 2022 bowling alley altercation with his ex-girlfriend's brother, Brandon Curiel, has been resolved.—
Liza Esquibias,
USA Today,
8 June 2026
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Across two stints, Magnussen made 185 starts in Formula One and raced for McLaren, Renault and Haas, recording a career-best runner-up finish in the 2014 Australian Grand Prix — his maiden start in F1.—
Jordan Bianchi,
New York Times,
3 June 2026
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Many fans thought the original covers of Pratchett’s novels went too heavy on busty maidens and strapping men with big swords, undermining their literary merit, and a similar problem has beset the various screen adaptations from Sky and the BBC.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
24 May 2026
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Oh Outlander fam, for old times’ sake, let’s get in one last sing me a song of a lass that is gone, say could that lass be I?—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
15 May 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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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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“Girl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/girl. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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