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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
On average, boys develop planning, organization, and emotional regulation later than girls.
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Dr. Liz Doe Stone, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
The scrutiny from the EU comes after Grok sparked a global backlash by allowing users, through its AI image generation and editing capabilities, to undress people, putting women and girls in transparent bikinis or revealing clothing.
—Arkansas Online, 27 Jan. 2026
Only once since 1996 has a player repeated as the CIF San Diego Section girls soccer player of the year.
—Clark Fahrenthold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Jan. 2026
The Testaments centers on the young girls in Gilead who are training to be wives.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 26 Jan. 2026
The two girls were transported to the hospital, where one later died of her injuries.
—Marvin Hurst, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026
Welcome to the Bay Area News Group (Mercury News & East Bay Times) girls Athlete of the Week poll.
—Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2026
The two girls, both 16, were riding on a sled being pulled by a vehicle when the crash occurred.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 26 Jan. 2026
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.
—Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
Dr. Liz Doe Stone, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
The scrutiny from the EU comes after Grok sparked a global backlash by allowing users, through its AI image generation and editing capabilities, to undress people, putting women and girls in transparent bikinis or revealing clothing.
—Arkansas Online, 27 Jan. 2026
Only once since 1996 has a player repeated as the CIF San Diego Section girls soccer player of the year.
—Clark Fahrenthold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Jan. 2026
The Testaments centers on the young girls in Gilead who are training to be wives.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 26 Jan. 2026
The two girls were transported to the hospital, where one later died of her injuries.
—Marvin Hurst, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026
Welcome to the Bay Area News Group (Mercury News & East Bay Times) girls Athlete of the Week poll.
—Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2026
The two girls, both 16, were riding on a sled being pulled by a vehicle when the crash occurred.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 26 Jan. 2026
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.
—Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
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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Birkenstock Arizonas may be the one sandal that holds universal appeal among men and women alike—even my girlfriends who can’t stand to see men’s toes approve.—
Irene Richardson,
InStyle,
21 Jan. 2026
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Some jokes poked fun at familiar topics like George Clooney’s Nespresso ads or the age of Leonardo DiCaprio’s girlfriends or Kevin Hart’s height, but there were plenty of other gags in there, too.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
12 Jan. 2026
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Made up of several former maids’ rooms with strange proportions, this 323-square-foot Paris apartment that Atelier Opale recently redesigned started off confused and charmless.—
Annabelle Dufraigne,
Architectural Digest,
20 Jan. 2026
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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 jury and alternates included 11 women and five men, though one of the male jurors was excused last week due to a family emergency.—
Peter Charalambous,
ABC News,
21 Jan. 2026
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What does reinvention mean, and why do women reinvent themselves for survival?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Girls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/girls. Accessed 27 Jan. 2026.
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