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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His girlfriend had a home in Santa Monica and loved the Rose Café.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
White said on the night in question, his teenage son wanted to go out but he did not want him to go by himself, so White-Sansom accompanied him along with his girlfriend.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
His iPhone was running out of charge and he wanted to call his girlfriend to let her know where he was.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Her tone soon shifts to the introspective: After witnessing a fight between Robert Duvall and his girlfriend, Eleanor writes, “I hope I am finally through playing victim in my life.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
What did he say when they asked him about his girlfriend?
From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner
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
“I want to be able to worry about the normal everyday things that everyone worries about: university, work, girlfriends, gossip.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
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
Grandma and a couple of her girlfriends serve the food, including Sister Daniels.
From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas
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