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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
Like the former Philadelphia Eagles star, Damon is a father of four girls — Alexia, 25, Isabella, 19, Gia, 17, and Stella, 15 — with his wife, Luciana Damon.
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Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
Underneath the coat, Davis wore a gray V-neck sweater over a white crewneck tee (a classic winter style move all the cool girls are making), but the real kicker?
—Eva Thomas, InStyle, 7 Jan. 2026
There have been numerous reports of users asking for non-consensual designs of underage girls, including one in the The Guardian that found a picture of a 14-year-old Stranger Things actor in a bikini.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2026
But my girls have nothing there.
—Larry Luxner, Sun Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2026
Ocoee won the Lady Wildcat Scramble girls tournament at McKeel Academy in Lakeland.
—Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2026
Valencia’s girls basketball team continued its dominance in the Foothill League on Tuesday night, as the Vikings defeated West Ranch 82-29.
—Jack Gillespie, Daily News, 7 Jan. 2026
The Old Rochester and West Bridgewater girls basketball teams came into Tuesday’s South Coast Conference matchup with matching 4-1 records.
—Zach McMahon, Boston Herald, 7 Jan. 2026
Japanese Imperial troops killed more than 200,000 unarmed men and civilians, and raped and tortured tens of thousands of women and girls, in what is known as the Nanjing Massacre – one of the most notorious wartime atrocities of the 20th century.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 12 Nov. 2025
Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
Underneath the coat, Davis wore a gray V-neck sweater over a white crewneck tee (a classic winter style move all the cool girls are making), but the real kicker?
—Eva Thomas, InStyle, 7 Jan. 2026
There have been numerous reports of users asking for non-consensual designs of underage girls, including one in the The Guardian that found a picture of a 14-year-old Stranger Things actor in a bikini.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2026
But my girls have nothing there.
—Larry Luxner, Sun Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2026
Ocoee won the Lady Wildcat Scramble girls tournament at McKeel Academy in Lakeland.
—Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2026
Valencia’s girls basketball team continued its dominance in the Foothill League on Tuesday night, as the Vikings defeated West Ranch 82-29.
—Jack Gillespie, Daily News, 7 Jan. 2026
The Old Rochester and West Bridgewater girls basketball teams came into Tuesday’s South Coast Conference matchup with matching 4-1 records.
—Zach McMahon, Boston Herald, 7 Jan. 2026
Japanese Imperial troops killed more than 200,000 unarmed men and civilians, and raped and tortured tens of thousands of women and girls, in what is known as the Nanjing Massacre – one of the most notorious wartime atrocities of the 20th century.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 12 Nov. 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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Sunday finale Brown is seeking his seventh Matriarch win in nine years Sunday in the one-mile turf test for older fillies and mares.—
Bill Center,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Nov. 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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Heather then posted a video from afar showing her girlfriends snacking and sipping before making their vision boards at the table.—
Marina Watts,
PEOPLE,
8 Jan. 2026
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The two met through their then-girlfriends (now their wives and mothers of their respective children) almost a decade ago.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Dec. 2025
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Usher is a role akin to a general manager of the building, overseeing everything from food service to construction and managing a staff of about 90, including butlers, maids, housekeepers, chefs, curators and engineers.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
7 Dec. 2025
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The renovation is also now 30 years old and, according to a broker who toured the property, was never fully completed, with maids’ rooms upstairs and portions of the home used as offices under Roberts’s ownership.—
Kim Velsey,
Curbed,
2 Dec. 2025
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Beam was known to have a very large extended family, but at home, he was surrounded by the love of three special women — his wife, Cindi, and two daughters, Sonjha and Monica.—
Andrea Nakano,
CBS News,
11 Jan. 2026
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Although women from North East, Kent, and Wessex appeared to want to leave their hometowns for a new world, specifically.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Jan. 2026
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“Girls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/girls. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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