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as in maidens
a young unmarried woman
he's engaged to a girl that his parents really like
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as in fillies
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 girlfriends
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 girls
This is true not just for girls but for boys as well.
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Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2025
Colvert, a 15-year-old from Pasadena, created the group to restore normalcy for teen girls affected by the devastating California wildfire, gathering beauty products, clothes and other personal supplies in a call that went viral.
—Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
Already in the cinema room at the Magnum Opus offices were seven young girls, all seemingly from 1969.
—Jay Glennie, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2025
The two girls, who were also 17, were pronounced dead a short time later.
—Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2025
As a father of four girls, his latest ventures include launching KidNation, an educational platform devoted to the enrichment of children.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 28 Oct. 2025
Take Care Wine Night, Girls Out-of-Office (a three-day girls’ weekend), and The Dinner Club.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 28 Oct. 2025
The team title was Nolan’s third overall TAPPS cross country girls crown, and first since 1999.
—Mike Waters, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Oct. 2025
Witness interviews describe the three shooting victims as getting into a disagreement with Haire over Haire's referring to girls in the house as women.
—Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2025
Colvert, a 15-year-old from Pasadena, created the group to restore normalcy for teen girls affected by the devastating California wildfire, gathering beauty products, clothes and other personal supplies in a call that went viral.
—Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
Already in the cinema room at the Magnum Opus offices were seven young girls, all seemingly from 1969.
—Jay Glennie, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2025
The two girls, who were also 17, were pronounced dead a short time later.
—Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2025
As a father of four girls, his latest ventures include launching KidNation, an educational platform devoted to the enrichment of children.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 28 Oct. 2025
Take Care Wine Night, Girls Out-of-Office (a three-day girls’ weekend), and The Dinner Club.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 28 Oct. 2025
The team title was Nolan’s third overall TAPPS cross country girls crown, and first since 1999.
—Mike Waters, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Oct. 2025
Witness interviews describe the three shooting victims as getting into a disagreement with Haire over Haire's referring to girls in the house as women.
—Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for girls
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This is a 1,000 year old tradition where two maidens are chosen to be slaughtered as repentance to one of their goddesses.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
7 Aug. 2025
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Prized 2-year-olds trained by Bob Baffert ran an impressive 1-2 in their debuts in Sunday’s opening race, a six-furlong test for maidens.—
Bill Center,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Aug. 2025
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The $80,000 Swingtime Stakes matches a large field of fillies and mares seeking their first stakes win in 2025.—
Kevin Modesti,
Oc Register,
12 Oct. 2025
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And coupled with Bottle of Rouge’s upset victory Saturday in the Del Mar Debutante – Baffert’s 12th win in the fillies’ 2-year-old championship race – Baffert has now swept the juvenile titles two straight years and eight times since 1996.—
Bill Center,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Sep. 2025
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As Nolen started to prepare for his NFL debut — meeting his teammates, seeing his new locker and hitting the training fields — Nelson was meeting the team’s other wives and girlfriends, who would quickly become her main group of friends through the major life transition.—
Luke Chinman,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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Deliver Me From Nowhere are real, Bruce’s romantic interest, Faye Romano (Odessa Young), is a fictional character, based on several of the rock star’s girlfriends at the time.—
Jake Kring-Schreifels,
Time,
24 Oct. 2025
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Elsewhere in the castle, Malcolm’s sister, Maura Grant, comes across Dougal shtupping one of her maids up against a wall.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
10 Oct. 2025
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As such, the race is on to get these budding butlers, maids, and models into the workforce.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
9 Oct. 2025
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In 2014, British banker Rurik Jutting brutally murdered two Indonesian women and hid one of the bodies in a suitcase in his upscale apartment in J Residence in Wan Chai, a popular nightlife district in Hong Kong.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
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At the time, Agnes had been working with General Mills as one of the women who anonymously portrayed Betty Crocker on the radio.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Girls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/girls. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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