girlfriend
Americannoun
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a female friend with whom a man or boy is romantically or sexually involved; sweetheart
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any female friend
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Then his girlfriend told him about the frozen yogurt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
An emotional Athipat says he regrets bringing his girlfriend into the band.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
Joey, a 23-year-old barista and would-be poet, is too sweet and inexperienced to grasp that Chuck is using her as a rebound girlfriend.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Haaland's girlfriend is childhood sweetheart Isabel Haugseng Johansen.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
I could already see him, smiling and happy, going to parks and plays with the Moonlighters Club and having a girlfriend.
From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney
The phenomenon of artificial intelligence boyfriends and girlfriends is growing worldwide, along with the prevalence of human-like avatars that sell products or stand in for loved ones who have died.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
Most videos go viral quickly after posting, as comment sections get flooded with girlfriends everywhere confessing their codependent tendencies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
Then the New York Times reported about his relationships with previous girlfriends.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026
“The hotel staff put up screens to give the wives and girlfriends privacy at the hotel pool, and one of the WAGs, who I won’t name, took it back down,” says journalist Alison Kervin.
From BBC ● May 10, 2026
The boys were ready, were proud to be able to help out the U.S. of A. and whatnot, although the chubby girlfriends and mothers admitted they’d be pining for their men.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
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