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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The 15-time major champion was accompanied to the court hearing by his girlfriend, Vanessa Trump, the ex-wife of President Donald Trump's son Donald Trump Jr.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
He said he visited her at home, considered her his girlfriend and had fallen in love with her.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Nitin Gupta, 31, watched a “quite big” marmot steal his hiking pole—then charge his girlfriend when she tried to retrieve it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Gomez was allegedly the girlfriend of the victim but also married to Garcia.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
My hand is too sweaty, too hot, and I don’t want Jasmine to hold it here, in front of everyone—but we’re boyfriend and girlfriend now, and that’s what boyfriends and girlfriends do.
From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender
As Loretta Savery’s longtime jeweler, Nelson Holdo remembered the little details: birthdays and anniversaries, where her sons went to college, their majors and if they had girlfriends.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
Festivalgoer Fiona Beasley dropped in with her girlfriends, all of them in black gothic attire.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
However, his campaign was dogged by scandal, most notably including the revelation that he had a Totenkopf tattoo and allegations of “unsettling” behavior from past girlfriends.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
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
Lucinda usually tells me to scram when she’s with one of her girlfriends.
From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez
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