ladies

Definition of ladiesnext
plural of lady

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of ladies Back at the trailhead, the ladies donned their commemorative 30th annual Hen Hike baseball caps and gathered together for the ceremonial pre-hike photo. Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 30 July 2026 All three ladies star in Ryan Murphy’s anthology series, American Horror Story, with season 13 set to return to FX this fall. Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 28 July 2026 Mark Davis Andrade debuted an awesome new theme and had two ladies with him. Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026 Although these ladies have access to the best of the best, even that doesn’t always protect patients from the worst-case scenario. Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 20 July 2026 Holzinger and her technicians had arrived in Venice only three weeks before; since then, the cleaning ladies had taken on a much bigger role than planned. Lauren Oyler, New Yorker, 20 July 2026 The team attracts young ladies of all ages, but is primarily a squad of young Muslim women. Jasmine Garsd, NPR, 18 July 2026 New friends bring new drama; from the glitzy beaches of Palm Beach to the private dunes of the Hamptons, the ladies expand their exclusive social circle, bringing in new hijinks, posh parties, and so much more. Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 16 July 2026 But the story about the war hero Odysseus, whose journey home with his men is beset by sea storms, shipwrecks, gods, monsters and shady ladies, set the template for literature, comic books, science fiction and Hollywood epics for centuries to come. Jim Beckerman, USA Today, 16 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ladies
Noun
  • When asked how many transgender women were in the DAR, McDonald said she was told there were three or four.
    Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 July 2026
  • When women act authentically (as women), they’re not seen as strong leaders.
    Melissa A. Wheeler, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Noun
  • Neither Agamemnon nor Menelaus grasp that their actions toward their wives were immoral.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 29 July 2026
  • The singer — who shares five daughters with two other ex-wives — married actress Victoria Pratt in a 2019 ceremony officiated by Blake Shelton.
    Rachel DeSantis, PEOPLE, 28 July 2026
Noun
  • There was also a shift toward elaborate descriptions of what society matrons wore to events, and again, women were believed to be more able to provide these verbal illustrations.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Collegians play, just us next to parents and girlfriends of the players.
    Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 30 July 2026
  • Photos taken of the outing showed David, 51, Victoria, 52, and Harper, alongside the couple’s other sons, Romeo, 23, and Cruz, 21, who brought their respective girlfriends, Kim Turnbull and Jackie Apostel.
    Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 22 July 2026
Noun
  • The females can sting, but lack the instinct to guard their nest like a honeybee.
    Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026
  • Yaks breed notoriously slowly, with females birthing just four or five offspring in their lifetime – a major challenge for their long-term survival.
    Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
Noun
  • One of those challenges that queens do get to banter with Ru is the Snatch Game.
    McKinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 23 July 2026
  • Necklaces and jewelry owned by other French queens, including Empress Marie Louise, Marie-Amélie, and Hortense Bonaparte, were also taken.
    Siladitya Ray, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Noun
  • Those sports are football, basketball, track and field, soccer and baseball for boys and fast-pitch softball, volleyball, basketball, track and field and soccer for girls.
    Chip Saye, AJC.com, 30 July 2026
  • The United Nations has issued a warning about an alarming surge in women and girls being raped in Haiti, many of them homeless after being forced out of their homes and neighborhoods by armed gangs.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026
Noun
  • The ultra-wealthy city-state of Monaco on the French Riviera is no stranger to luxury hotels—fellow grand dames Hôtel de Paris and Hermitage sit at the heart of the action around Casino Square—each vying to outdo the other with fancy arrivals and impeccably discreet service.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 May 2026
  • Perhaps unknowingly, the star was partaking in a fashion tradition set by the dames of Cortina long ago.
    ABC News, ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026

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“Ladies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ladies. Accessed 2 Aug. 2026.

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