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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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On the other side of the dining room, a swinging door leads to a kitchen with glass-front cabinets and a door to a maid’s room with another bathroom.—
Jesse Armas,
Curbed,
16 June 2026
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Now footsteps are heard rushing up from the floor below, and Varsha is soon surrounded by her aunt’s retinue of maids and household staff.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 June 2026
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California’s top 3-year-old filly, McCarthy’s Meaning, will race Friday in the Grade 1 Acorn, getting a rematch against Always a Runner, who beat her in the Kentucky Oaks.—
Jay Posner,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2026
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Like the Kentucky Derby, the Kentucky Oaks uses a points system to determine which 3-year-old fillies will be eligible to run.—
Teresa Genaro,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 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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Meghan enjoyed a game of mahjong with her girlfriends, while Harry served lunches at a charity event.—
Hannah Malach,
InStyle,
15 June 2026
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The vehicle is one in the same that launched in June 2024 for the International Space Station on its maiden human spaceflight with two NASA astronauts on board.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
25 Nov. 2025
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Major Frank Winnold Prentice was the assistant storekeeper on the Titanic during its maiden (and famously doomed) voyage in 1912.—
Victoria Edel,
PEOPLE,
17 Nov. 2025
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The hotel is made entirely out of ice and snow, and drinks are served out of ice lasses.—
Jason Mastrodonato,
Mercury News,
24 Aug. 2025
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The owner of the brothel promised to find the brunette Englishwoman Henry’s been looking for, and the lass has been found!—
Lincee Ray Published,
EW.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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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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Their preliminary investigation revealed that an 18-year-old woman from Hemet was driving a Nissan Rogue on Lincoln Avenue, approaching the intersection to turn left onto Ramona Expressway.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
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“Girl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/girl. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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