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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
The problem with that is that changing your life, and really believing, is so much harder than, for example, smoking weed and dancing with girls at a party.
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Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 13 Apr. 2026
This week's hearing, which could produce the most extensive public comment from the all-girls Christian camp's operators, comes amid their application for a state license to reopen Camp Mystic this summer on a part of campus that did not flood.
—CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
These student-athletes stood out among the best in high school girls track this past season.
—Jack Murray, Boston Herald, 13 Apr. 2026
This satire is a dark, funny takedown of small-town values, beauty competitions, and the public’s obsession with young girls.
—Debby Wolfinsohn, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Apr. 2026
From the Seattle Times, a story on Minnesota being sued for allowing transgender athletes to compete in girls sports.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026
Look no further than this photo of him and his twin girls at the 2014 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Sports Awards in Los Angeles.
—Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 13 Apr. 2026
Chinese director Zou Jing’s A Girl Unknown, another competition entry, explores the implications of China’s decades-long one-child policy, which resulted in thousands of baby girls being abandoned across the country.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 13 Apr. 2026
Violence against women and girls was a talking point last week after Tottenham fans criticised Roberto De Zerbi’s appointment following his historic backing of Greenwood.
—Cerys Jones, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2026
Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 13 Apr. 2026
This week's hearing, which could produce the most extensive public comment from the all-girls Christian camp's operators, comes amid their application for a state license to reopen Camp Mystic this summer on a part of campus that did not flood.
—CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
These student-athletes stood out among the best in high school girls track this past season.
—Jack Murray, Boston Herald, 13 Apr. 2026
This satire is a dark, funny takedown of small-town values, beauty competitions, and the public’s obsession with young girls.
—Debby Wolfinsohn, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Apr. 2026
From the Seattle Times, a story on Minnesota being sued for allowing transgender athletes to compete in girls sports.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026
Look no further than this photo of him and his twin girls at the 2014 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Sports Awards in Los Angeles.
—Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 13 Apr. 2026
Chinese director Zou Jing’s A Girl Unknown, another competition entry, explores the implications of China’s decades-long one-child policy, which resulted in thousands of baby girls being abandoned across the country.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 13 Apr. 2026
Violence against women and girls was a talking point last week after Tottenham fans criticised Roberto De Zerbi’s appointment following his historic backing of Greenwood.
—Cerys Jones, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for girls
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This British production from Hammer Films and director Roy Ward Baker showcases moon maidens, old-fashioned lunar shootouts, buggy chases, and an ex-astronaut turned mercenary salvager trying to snag a 6000-pound sapphire asteroid from orbit for a billionaire industrialist.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
30 Mar. 2026
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The 2026 Miss Smiling Irish Eyes is Molly McKenna, and the court maidens Kennedy Kuntz and Sidney Hoover.—
Patrick Damp,
CBS News,
14 Mar. 2026
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The Kentucky Oaks, a slightly shorter race exclusively for fillies on the Friday before the Kentucky Derby, will air in primetime this year in an attempt to draw more viewers.—
Lev Akabas,
Sportico.com,
8 Apr. 2026
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Baffert also has two fillies in Saturday’s Grade 2 Santa Anita Oaks, Forced Entry (4-1) and French Blue (5-1), as does Michael McCarthy, who won last year’s Santa Anita Derby with Journalism.—
Jay Posner,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Apr. 2026
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Thompson said Carolina has always been the first one to welcome new families to town and does so much for the wives and girlfriends.—
Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
12 Apr. 2026
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Christopher Masterson, the only married sibling on the series, is also married in real life, as are Frankie Muniz and Justin Berfield, whose on-screen girlfriends never made it past a few episodes.—
Nicole Briese,
PEOPLE,
11 Apr. 2026
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Doris and Ann, the family’s longtime upstairs-downstairs maids, were there too.—
Jennifer Cannon,
Vanity Fair,
7 Apr. 2026
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Roughly 82% of the Bay Area’s maids and housekeepers are immigrants, and close to 40% of the total are undocumented.—
Sara DiNatale,
San Francisco Chronicle,
25 Mar. 2026
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While Kirk was praised by conservatives as a champion of free speech, he was also criticized for comments that many other Americans found hateful toward LGBTQ+ communities, non-Christians, people of color and women.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Gray said the two women did not know each other.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Girls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/girls. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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