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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
Girl Scout cookie season remains a powerful way for young girls to build confidence and business skills through hands-on entrepreneurship.
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Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 9 Sep. 2025
While Tuesday’s report covers the experiences of more than 350 women who came forward to speak to the investigators, Danish authorities say more than 4,000 women and girls — reportedly half the fertile women in Greenland at the time — received IUDs between the 1960s and mid-1970s.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
The two young girls joined their parents for the men’s singles championship match between Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz, the latter of whom took home the prize.
—Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
Both girls were doing lines of cocaine.
—Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 9 Sep. 2025
The drawing includes a sketch of Epstein giving balloons to young girls on one side, with Epstein receiving a massage from four women on the other side.
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
While that is still the primary focus, in 2023, Credible Mentors added GLOW414 and YAP to better serve at-risk girls, youths and families in crisis.
—Everett Eaton, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Another photo showed the Grammy winner inside a home, standing with Jarrett and two little girls who played on a keyboard.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Black girls faced the largest increase in suicides across the city, with rates rising 77% among young Black women under age 20.
—Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 9 Sep. 2025
While Tuesday’s report covers the experiences of more than 350 women who came forward to speak to the investigators, Danish authorities say more than 4,000 women and girls — reportedly half the fertile women in Greenland at the time — received IUDs between the 1960s and mid-1970s.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
The two young girls joined their parents for the men’s singles championship match between Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz, the latter of whom took home the prize.
—Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
Both girls were doing lines of cocaine.
—Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 9 Sep. 2025
The drawing includes a sketch of Epstein giving balloons to young girls on one side, with Epstein receiving a massage from four women on the other side.
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
While that is still the primary focus, in 2023, Credible Mentors added GLOW414 and YAP to better serve at-risk girls, youths and families in crisis.
—Everett Eaton, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Another photo showed the Grammy winner inside a home, standing with Jarrett and two little girls who played on a keyboard.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Black girls faced the largest increase in suicides across the city, with rates rising 77% among young Black women under age 20.
—Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 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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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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Set in the green mountains of Greece, in a rural town attached to tradition, two longtime girlfriends are confronted with a bond that is suddenly shifting into a deeper attraction.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
10 Sep. 2025
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The book was separated into sections for family, friends, girlfriends and assistants.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
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Chastain portrayed Celia Foote in the drama based on Kathryn Stockett's novel of the same name about a white journalist chronicling the lives of Black maids working for white households in 1960s Mississippi.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 Sep. 2025
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Her mother was a nurse, her aunts and distant cousins all nurses and maids and cleaners scattered everywhere from Jeddah to Singapore to Rome.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Aug. 2025
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Riley Gaines has lobbied for bills in several states that would prevent biological males who identify as women from competing in women’s sports.—
David Mark,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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The doc, which made its world premiere at the 15th annual Bronze Lens Film Festival in August 2024, is about the Equal Rights Amendment’s path back to life through Virginia’s pivotal ratification battle led by Black women.—
Addie Morfoot,
Variety,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Girls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/girls. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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