as in feminine
of, relating to, or marked by qualities traditionally associated with women
the composer's new music calls for female voices
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as in lady
an adult female human being
researchers are looking for females aged 50 to 70 to take part in the study
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Recent Examples of female
Vegard Skirbekk, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2024
Staff has been able to take blood samples from the chicks, revealing that one chick is male and the other is female.
—Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2024
Scott Travers, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
Anyone can develop gastritis, but older adults and people assigned female at birth have a higher risk of experiencing symptoms.
—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 25 Oct. 2024
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Adjective
Fertility decline is also the product of many positive developments, including better contraception, a reduction in teenage pregnancy, and higher levels of female education.
—Vegard Skirbekk, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2024
Staff has been able to take blood samples from the chicks, revealing that one chick is male and the other is female.
—Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2024
Noun
Remarkably, females often give birth during this time, nursing their newborn cubs in the den while still in this state of hibernation.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
Anyone can develop gastritis, but older adults and people assigned female at birth have a higher risk of experiencing symptoms.
—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 25 Oct. 2024
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The spoof video that is played on screens at Trump’s rallies alternates between scenes of intense military training, sometimes with drill sergeants yelling at troops, and scenes depicting what are meant to portray LGBTQ members of the military, each displaying exaggerated feminine affects.Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
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Four years later, when Trump was running against another white man, majorities of Republicans agreed that both society has become too soft and feminine and that society punishes men just for acting like men, tapping into a particular brand of male/masculine grievance.Kelly Dittmar, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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As the ladies start filing into Sai’s dodgeball event in a various states of athletic dress, Brynn decides to spill the beans and tells Sai … and Jenna … and Racquel … and Ubah.Brian Moylan, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
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The funny thing is that the designs Mr. Reed has in mind for these ladies are as derivative and unoriginal as his monologues, and that’s kind of the point.Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2024
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Considering this troubled young woman’s history, your husband has made a big mistake by fostering her dependence on him.Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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Some thought that questions about the future of women’s reproductive rights would turn voters out for Vice President Kamala Harris and deliver Trump a crushing defeat — instead, women ended up gravitating toward him.Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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“Female.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/female. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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