The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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While the three male wild dogs successfully completed their extraordinary journey, two of the three females died.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Nearly the same proportion of White American females over age 50 are affected, particularly those who are postmenopausal.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
Three days after the Sept. 11 attacks, I walked into my office at an Episcopalian refugee resettlement organization in New Haven, Conn. There sat five females colleagues with their heads covered in hijabs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
"Interestingly, one of the females has come back into the enclosure to lay some eggs, which is incredibly encouraging," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
Over the next two months, a lot more people signed Armpit’s cast, most of them females who decorated their names with hearts and flowers.
From "Small Steps" by Louis Sachar
