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Recent Examples of girlfriend
Hefner was known for having multiple girlfriends at the same time — at one point, as many as seven.
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Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 8 June 2026
The actor broke his silence on girlfriend Plaza's pregnancy last month while promoting Death of a Salesman alongside his costar Nathan Lane on the Today show.
—Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 8 June 2026
Encapsulating the fine line the Platner campaign has to walk, Khanna also said Platner should apologize to the ex-girlfriends who described his mistreatment of them.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 8 June 2026
Less than a year later, Sindelar, 35, and his girlfriend were found dead in his apartment.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 8 June 2026
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Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 8 June 2026
The actor broke his silence on girlfriend Plaza's pregnancy last month while promoting Death of a Salesman alongside his costar Nathan Lane on the Today show.
—Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 8 June 2026
Encapsulating the fine line the Platner campaign has to walk, Khanna also said Platner should apologize to the ex-girlfriends who described his mistreatment of them.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 8 June 2026
Less than a year later, Sindelar, 35, and his girlfriend were found dead in his apartment.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 8 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for girlfriend
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The ancient tile game of Mahjong is making a major comeback in the United States, and for a group of local women, the surge in popularity is good news for their brains.—
Lauren Pastrana,
CBS News,
4 June 2026
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Now, 11 years after the first Ni Una Menos protest created a collective consciousness about what would come to be known as femicide — the killing of women and girls because of their gender — the nation is convulsing with anger once again.—
Isabel Debre,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2026
Noun
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Teen Choice Awards for her time as iconic mean girl Blair Waldorf on Gossip Girl?—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
29 May 2026
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Hester referred to Suski signing onto a friend of the court brief in support of a suit challenging West Virginia's law banning transgender girls from competing on female high school or college teams.—
Ryan Anderson,
Arkansas Online,
29 May 2026
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Additionally, the billowy skirt is the perfect length, even on a long-legged lady like me.—
Irene Richardson,
InStyle,
5 June 2026
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My office is six milk crates with a board on top of them in the corner of my kitchen, and this lady has a whole squat rack on her second floor with its own shower?—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
4 June 2026
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The worn penny tile floor and brick wall collection of show posters—Soundgarden, Butthole Surfers, Sonic Youth, Alice in Chains—are hallowed ground on any grunge lover's pilgrimage to the state.—
Arati Menon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 June 2026
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For nature lovers, surfers, divers and fishermen, the setting offers both seclusion and connection.—
Spencer Elliott,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2026
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“Girlfriend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/girlfriend. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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