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Recent Examples of tomboy
Diane was a quirky, sociable tomboy with a natural gift for making people laugh.
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Hadley Hall Meares,
Vanity Fair,
26 Dec. 2025
Yoo wears round wire-frame glasses and sweeps his dark hair back; Schat describes herself as a tomboy and keeps her hair in a pixie cut.
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Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
27 Aug. 2025
The artist’s ability to straddle the line between tomboy inclinations and ultra-glam moments is what has always attracted me to her style.
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Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
20 Aug. 2025
This time, in a freakier twist, Anna — who’s planning to marry single dad Eric (Manny Jacinto) — swaps bodies with her 15-year-old daughter Harper (Julia Butters), whose tomboy surfer aesthetic centers on her signature beanie and overalls.
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Victoria Montalti,
Refinery29,
7 Aug. 2025
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Hadley Hall Meares,
Vanity Fair,
26 Dec. 2025
Yoo wears round wire-frame glasses and sweeps his dark hair back; Schat describes herself as a tomboy and keeps her hair in a pixie cut.
—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
27 Aug. 2025
The artist’s ability to straddle the line between tomboy inclinations and ultra-glam moments is what has always attracted me to her style.
—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
20 Aug. 2025
This time, in a freakier twist, Anna — who’s planning to marry single dad Eric (Manny Jacinto) — swaps bodies with her 15-year-old daughter Harper (Julia Butters), whose tomboy surfer aesthetic centers on her signature beanie and overalls.
—
Victoria Montalti,
Refinery29,
7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tomboy
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Rudeness is of course still frowned upon, and sometimes hoydens behaved in ways that are rude by today’s standards – a girl who pushed another out of her seat at school was a hoyden in 1865.
Noun
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Emma Chamberlain has mastered the art of the messy textured pixie.
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Teyana Taylor Teyana Taylor once again departed from her curly pixie cut, styling straight extensions in its place.
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More polished than a sandal (especially those of the flip-flop variety), loafers bring an unexpected attitude to dresses—on in Kendall Jenner’s case, an oversized button-up—with their gamine, preppy charm.
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The actors are all likeable enough, especially the gamine Demoustier, but they are stuck with limp material that’s more twee than captivating.
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The tragic ending, meanwhile, could traumatize those expecting a colorful, carefree romp for life.
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But also joy, as evidenced by this first-ever post-Beatles duet with Ringo Starr, where the two pals smile their way through a romp about their storied past.
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“Tomboy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tomboy. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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