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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
With Lucy and Peppermint Patty, the strips gave the feminist movement a push by making little girls equal participants on the playing fields of life and sports.
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Alice George, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Jan. 2025
Cops are good, criminals are bad, boys are boys, girls are girls.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2025
Horizon and Oak Ridge won games at the Bishop Moore girls basketball tourney, while Boone won at the New Smyrna Beach boys hoops event.
—Steve Gorches, Orlando Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2025
There were other girls in her class who also received As.
—Jessi Streib, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
But unlike the 1964 television special’s downtrodden playthings, which eager girls and boys eventually welcome on Christmas morning, these items are gifts that have already been given—and rejected.
—Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Jan. 2025
The proud mom also included clips of her girls skiing down the mountain and snippets from the family's night out at a bowling alley.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 2 Jan. 2025
The younger girls twin in pink outfits, from their base layers down to their pink snow boots.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 2 Jan. 2025
In one photo, Duff could be seen smiling alongside one of her girls, who wore 2025 glasses and made a funny face.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 2 Jan. 2025
Alice George, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Jan. 2025
Cops are good, criminals are bad, boys are boys, girls are girls.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2025
Horizon and Oak Ridge won games at the Bishop Moore girls basketball tourney, while Boone won at the New Smyrna Beach boys hoops event.
—Steve Gorches, Orlando Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2025
There were other girls in her class who also received As.
—Jessi Streib, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
But unlike the 1964 television special’s downtrodden playthings, which eager girls and boys eventually welcome on Christmas morning, these items are gifts that have already been given—and rejected.
—Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Jan. 2025
The proud mom also included clips of her girls skiing down the mountain and snippets from the family's night out at a bowling alley.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 2 Jan. 2025
The younger girls twin in pink outfits, from their base layers down to their pink snow boots.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 2 Jan. 2025
In one photo, Duff could be seen smiling alongside one of her girls, who wore 2025 glasses and made a funny face.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Girls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/girls. Accessed 10 Jan. 2025.
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