heroines

Definition of heroinesnext
plural of heroine
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heroes
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  • The villain — who flew around inside a giant disco ball for no apparent reason — absorbed the Guardians’ powers and used them against the magical girl heroes.
    Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Kerouac is now seen as a quintessentially American writer, mining the American truths of his time and place as his heroes Whitman, Mark Twain, and Thomas Wolfe had done.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Apr. 2026
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“Heroines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heroines. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.

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