the female person or animal being discussed or last mentioned; that female.
the woman.
She who listens learns.
anything considered, as by personification, to be feminine.
spring, with all the memories she conjures up.
a female person or animal.
an object or device considered as female or feminine.
refers to a female person or animal
she is a doctor
she's a fine mare
refers to things personified as feminine, such as cars, ships, and nations
an informal word for it 1
she's apples
she'll be right
See he 1.
1125–75; Middle English, alteration of Old English sēo, sīo, sīe, feminine of se the 1; replacing Old English hēo, hīo, feminine personal pronoun; see he 1, her
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On Tuesday, her brother said doctors had reduced Stewart's medication so she could wake up briefly from an induced coma.
From BBC • Jun. 24, 2026
"We've had 2,000-year-old roads, certainly no perfect grid system," she told AFP ahead of a ride in the company's Ford Mustang Mach-E.
From Barron's • Jun. 24, 2026
Johnson said she believes Agility will have an advantage by going public before other stand-alone humanoid robotics businesses, because of pent-up demand from individual investors looking to put dollars into the industry.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 24, 2026
Shahsavani said she then decided to call Waymo customer service as the vehicle crossed Bundy Drive, making its way from Santa Monica into West Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2026
Well, she doesn’t want to think about that.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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