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Recent Examples of girlfriend
After Shelton, 23, defeated Taylor Fritz in the Stuttgart Open on Sunday, June 14, the tennis star thanked his girlfriend — who traveled from Brazil to Germany for the tournament — for her support.
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Natasha Dye, PEOPLE, 15 June 2026
Meghan hosted a game night with some girlfriends at the couple's home in Montecito, California, as evidenced by one of her best friend's latest Instagram posts.
—Hannah Malach, InStyle, 15 June 2026
One proposed to his girlfriend.
—Zac Anderson, USA Today, 14 June 2026
After winning his fight, Brazil’s Mauricio Ruffy proposed to his girlfriend who — in Trumpian fashion — flashed a thumb’s up from the crowd.
—Will Weissert, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2026
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Natasha Dye, PEOPLE, 15 June 2026
Meghan hosted a game night with some girlfriends at the couple's home in Montecito, California, as evidenced by one of her best friend's latest Instagram posts.
—Hannah Malach, InStyle, 15 June 2026
One proposed to his girlfriend.
—Zac Anderson, USA Today, 14 June 2026
After winning his fight, Brazil’s Mauricio Ruffy proposed to his girlfriend who — in Trumpian fashion — flashed a thumb’s up from the crowd.
—Will Weissert, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for girlfriend
Noun
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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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Combining bouncy flows ripped off vintage Gucci tapes with the attitude of the flyest girl on the block, Bunna’s new-age futuristic Atlanta rap has the feel-good spirit of skipping rope at your neighborhood park.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
11 Dec. 2025
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Rescue workers help a girl out of a rescue boat in Chehalis on Tuesday after she and her father were evacuated following flooding after heavy rain in the region.—
Kate Reilly,
NBC news,
11 Dec. 2025
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First, the southern ladies are very surface — the questions centered on cars and movies.—
Andy Hoglund,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Dec. 2025
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DadTok hints at an encounter with him during Vanderpump Villa's upcoming season in London, which the men attended together as the ladies had done in Italy the previous season.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
4 Dec. 2025
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She and her lover, Fiyero (Jonathan Bailey) — who left her best friend, Glinda (Ariana Grande), at their wedding and has been turned into straw thanks to an earlier protective spell — are then seen walking into the sunset away from Oz.—
Erin Clack,
PEOPLE,
8 Dec. 2025
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There are plenty of car lovers out there aged up through Gen X who remember the wonders of a station wagon.—
John Lewinski,
Robb Report,
8 Dec. 2025
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“Girlfriend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/girlfriend. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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