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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In 2015 a girlfriend and I spent a few months separated by an ocean, during a period when my depression was consuming me.
From Slate ● Nov. 11, 2026
Roza says the person behind the camera at the photoshoots MC2 sent her to was not a professional photographer, but Epstein's girlfriend at the time, Nadia Marcinko.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026
If I’m not with the family and I’m just by myself or with a girlfriend, I’ll go to Laurel Tavern, which is a pub that has the greatest little menu.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
Side 2 launches with “Sunspot Baby,” a honky-tonk blues centered on a duplicitous girlfriend who bails on the protagonist, leaving him with a maxed-out credit card.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
“Ana, come on! If I had a girlfriend, it would be you, but I just—I really need a friend right now, okay?”
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
When it came to friends and girlfriends, I didn’t want to distress anyone.
From Slate ● Nov. 11, 2026
It has the best energy for an afternoon drink that accidentally turns into date night or three more drinks with your girlfriends.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
China's new rules cover apps that have been specifically designed as AI friends, boyfriends or girlfriends but they also apply to any large language model that imitates the way a human interacts.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
You can do things separately — whether he’s spending time with his kids or you’re going away with your girlfriends.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
So either everybody knows everything but nobody's saying anything, or else nobody knows anything and girlfriends just sort of...happen.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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