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Recent Examples of Synonyms for girl
Noun
  • What To Know Jones, 34, resides in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and has used her maiden and married names in voter registration and court documents.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
  • On February 27, 1812, the twenty-four-year-old poet George Gordon Byron rose in the House of Lords to deliver his maiden speech.
    John Cassidy, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • There are two mint julep cups for whiskey fans to purchase, with all proceeds going to benefit Our Mims Retirement Haven, a farm outside of Paris, Kentucky, where fillies and broodmares can spend their golden years (it’s named after 1977 Eclipse Champion 3-Year-Old Filly, Our Mims).
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 8 Apr. 2025
  • This year’s cups are meant to honor a trio of winning fillies: Regret (1915), Genuine Risk (1980), and Winning Colors (1988).
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • James Farthing and his girlfriend were arrested at the TradeWinds Resort in St. Pete Beach, Florida, on Tuesday, according to an arrest warrant affidavit obtained by USA TODAY on Friday.
    Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA Today, 3 May 2025
  • Other phantoms visit, including Darin’s early girlfriend Connie Francis (Gracie Lawrence), but all lovers fade in the face of larger losses.
    Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 2 May 2025
Noun
  • Xue Ke does indeed discover the little maid she’s grown fond of is her daughter, and after several more episodes, this secret is found out by everyone in her household, causing an uproar.
    Karissa Chen, People.com, 26 Apr. 2025
  • They get forced into prostitution and maid work — jobs that people in America don’t want.
    Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 25 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • There’s no need to sing a song of a lass that is gone.
    Lincee Ray, EW.com, 18 Jan. 2025
  • In a trice couples formed, and the dancers whirled away more wildly, more extravagantly than before, for all the lads and lasses were fired with ambition to show us how real Hungarians could dance.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 30 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • Katie Ledecky sets a world record in the women's 800-meter freestyle final in the TYR Pro Swim Series at the Fort Lauderdale Aquatic Center on May 03, 2025 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
    Faris Tanyos, CBS News, 4 May 2025
  • The store started in 1994 from one woman's dream and dedication.
    American Booksellers Association, USA Today, 3 May 2025
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“Girl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/girl. Accessed 7 May. 2025.

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