as in girlfriends
a female romantic companion
a number of women have been suggested as the inamorata who inspired such passionate love poetry
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Noun
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Russell denied involvement, saying one of Johnson’s girlfriends may have set him up.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Apr. 2026 -
Swift has a lot of close girlfriends to choose from, from Selena Gomez to Gigi Hadid, Brittany Mahomes, future sister-in-law Kylie Kelce, and the Haim sisters.—
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
2 Apr. 2026
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The first of these—a cult favorite among writers, particularly youngish women writers—put Lemann on the map as a singular stylist, capable of crystalline insights into the miscreants and oddballs of the American South and great bursts of unrestrained sentiment.—
Brandy Jensen,
New Yorker,
8 Apr. 2026
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Choose from a variety of styles for men and women.—
Tory Johnson,
ABC News,
8 Apr. 2026
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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
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Colorado legislators have put our state’s anti-discrimination law on a collision course with Title IX, the federal law that guarantees women and girls an equal opportunity to compete in sports, and female student athletes are paying the consequences.—
Lisa Frizell,
Denver Post,
6 Apr. 2026
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“Inamoratas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inamoratas. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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