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as in maidens
a young unmarried woman
he's engaged to a girl that his parents really like
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as in fillies
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 girlfriends
a female romantic companion
found an old letter by my grandfather asking my grandmother to be his girl
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Recent Examples of girls
For instance, research shows that during puberty, there are unique differences in how muscle develops in boys versus girls.
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Discover Magazine, 15 Nov. 2024
This doesn’t necessarily mean that girls and boys need vastly different strength training programs.
—Discover Magazine, 15 Nov. 2024
Specifically, girls may have more neuroplasticity, which is defined as the brain’s ability to recognize new movements and patterns.
—Discover Magazine, 15 Nov. 2024
Rosenthal also engaged in lewd chats with a Vacaville teen, and expressed an interest in young girls throughout his texts.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
Read All About It Former CVS clerk Richard Allen was convicted of murdering two teen girls in a case that shook the small Indiana town of Delphi.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
And perhaps nothing stoked more conversation than the issue of transgender girls and women competing in girls and women’s sports.
—Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
However, an off-screen confession led to a frank discussion about his three children (two girls and a boy) during episode 9.
—Glamour, 21 Oct. 2024
Here’s a list of 76 boys and girls names from the 1930s that are rich with history and tradition.
—Sherri Gordon, Clc, Parents, 21 Oct. 2024
Discover Magazine, 15 Nov. 2024
This doesn’t necessarily mean that girls and boys need vastly different strength training programs.
—Discover Magazine, 15 Nov. 2024
Specifically, girls may have more neuroplasticity, which is defined as the brain’s ability to recognize new movements and patterns.
—Discover Magazine, 15 Nov. 2024
Rosenthal also engaged in lewd chats with a Vacaville teen, and expressed an interest in young girls throughout his texts.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
Read All About It Former CVS clerk Richard Allen was convicted of murdering two teen girls in a case that shook the small Indiana town of Delphi.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
And perhaps nothing stoked more conversation than the issue of transgender girls and women competing in girls and women’s sports.
—Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
However, an off-screen confession led to a frank discussion about his three children (two girls and a boy) during episode 9.
—Glamour, 21 Oct. 2024
Here’s a list of 76 boys and girls names from the 1930s that are rich with history and tradition.
—Sherri Gordon, Clc, Parents, 21 Oct. 2024
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