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as in filly
a female person who has not yet reached adulthood
when I was a girl, I wanted a horse so badly
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as in girlfriend
a female romantic companion
found an old letter by my grandfather asking my grandmother to be his girl
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Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for girl
Noun
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Federico Chiesa earned cult hero status during his maiden campaign at Liverpool.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
16 Aug. 2025 -
Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has ridiculed Red Bull's protest, which challenged George Russell's maiden victory of the 2025 season in Canada.—
Saajan Jogia,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 June 2025
Noun
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The 4-year-old daughter of Smiling Tiger held off second-choice Sneaker (Kazushi Kimura) down the stretch of the one-mile turf race for older fillies and mares.—
Bill Center,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Aug. 2025
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Opening weekend continues Saturday with two stakes — the $200,000 Grade II San Clemente Handicap for 3-year-old fillies at a mile on the Jimmy Durante turf course and the $100,000 Wickerr, a one-mile turf test for older horses.—
Bill Center,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 July 2025
Noun
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But the most shocking loss is that of Hank’s girlfriend, Yvonne (Zoë Kravitz), who is brutally murdered by mafiosos in her apartment less than a third of the way through the film.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
31 Aug. 2025
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Charlie's former girlfriend Katherine Magbanua, and the two men hired to kill Markel — Latin Kings gang leader Luis Rivera and Sigfredo Garcia, the father of Magbanua's children — were also sentenced to prison in connection with the murder-for-hire plot.—
KC Baker,
People.com,
29 Aug. 2025
Noun
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But Turtle Bay is no longer particularly desirable, nor are the exceptionally large, often outdated apartments in the building, which not infrequently have warrens of maids’ rooms and stodgy last-century décor (5,000-square-foot-plus five-bedrooms can be had for as little as $5.25 million).—
Kim Velsey,
Curbed,
13 Aug. 2025
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When Ellen doesn’t show up for dinner, her maid, Mrs. Fitzgibbons (!!), begrudgingly tells Colum and Dougal that there’s a rumor she’s been spotted with Malcolm Grant.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
8 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Get ready to sing a song of a lass who is gone one final time.—
Maureen Lee Lenker Published,
EW.com,
25 July 2025
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The kid gets to fall in love with a free-spirited lass.—
Chris Vognar,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2025
Noun
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Bea Larsen was a pioneer in legal circles in Cincinnati as the first woman to serve as president of the Cincinnati Bar Association in 1986.—
Jeff Suess,
The Enquirer,
21 Aug. 2025
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Hannan, 34, the other woman seen in the video, was charged with three misdemeanors: disorderly conduct, willful trespassing and resisting arrest.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
21 Aug. 2025
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“Girl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/girl. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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