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Recent Examples of tomboy
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.
—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
Harper and Lily are Gen Z teenagers, miles away from the rebellious rocker vibes of Lohan’s teenage Anna (Harper is a tomboy surfer, while Lily is an aspiring fashion designer).
—Maureen Lee Lenker Published, EW.com, 5 Aug. 2025
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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.
—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
Harper and Lily are Gen Z teenagers, miles away from the rebellious rocker vibes of Lohan’s teenage Anna (Harper is a tomboy surfer, while Lily is an aspiring fashion designer).
—Maureen Lee Lenker Published, EW.com, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tomboy
Noun
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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.—
Melissa Mohr,
The Christian Science Monitor,
24 May 2018
Noun
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Animated pixie dust twinkled on the screen, courtesy of the fairy, Tinker Bell.—
Meg James,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Mar. 2026
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Law Roach, who bills himself a style architect and has created countless memorable looks for his friend and client Zendaya, carried a 2004 book shaped minaudière from Chanel, although it might have been upstaged by his sweet, new pixie haircut.—
Marisa Meltzer,
Vanity Fair,
17 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Audrey Hepburn’s pixie cut in Roman Holiday cemented her gamine appeal.—
Amanda Le,
InStyle,
25 Feb. 2026
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Think: vintage pin-curls on Teyana Taylor, a gamine cut on FKA Twigs, and Doja Cat’s blonde curls.—
Essence,
Essence,
18 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Bait, the new Prime Video miniseries Ahmed created, wrote, and stars in, is both an exercise in self-analysis and an interrogation of it, a breakneck romp through farce, satire, thriller, family drama, and romantic walk-and-talk that transforms itself in each of its six episodes.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
25 Mar. 2026
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The show, essentially a buddy Hollywood romp, premiered on Disney+ in January to exceptional reviews.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Mar. 2026
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“Tomboy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tomboy. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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