as in girls
a young unmarried woman
a story about a beautiful maiden and her mysterious father
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Recent Examples of maidens
This is a 1,000 year old tradition where two maidens are chosen to be slaughtered as repentance to one of their goddesses.
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Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2025
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
Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2025
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for maidens
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Other Fort Worth-area winners Arlington Martin’s Camille Rainey won a girls Class 6A individual state title in the 130-pound bracket with a 9-2 decision victory over Rockwall’s Avery Fitzgerald.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 Feb. 2026
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Renee Turpa spent 17 years as girls varsity basketball coach, becoming one of the winningest coaches in Portage history for any sport.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Feb. 2026
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But Season Four takes viewers to lower-class settings like the bars where scullery maids and footmen relax, the markets where house staff shop, even the secret drawing rooms where servants eat their breakfast and discuss town gossip.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
2 Feb. 2026
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In Jackson, Mississippi during the early 1960s, a young white woman teams up with two Black maids to document the realities of domestic work in segregated households.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
1 Feb. 2026
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Dark Towers, crooked wizard towers, towers with damsels in distress.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Maidens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maidens. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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