girlboss

Example Sentences

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At first glance, Maia seems like a girlboss-in-training, a “nesting doll” of Alyssa, the archetypal Millennial girlboss.

From Salon • Dec. 15, 2025

In her fourth outing with Mr. Lanthimos, Emma Stone again shows an impressively daring quality in a grueling and degrading role, which spoofs today’s clichés about girlboss power.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

But women entered the paid workforce not because of girlboss feminism, but out of economic necessity.

From Slate • Jun. 15, 2025

Whether this makes the movie an innately feminist work or, as some detractors have claimed, a superficial girlboss narrative is certainly open to debate.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2023

Karla: Meet the girlboss, same as the old boss.

From Washington Post • Mar. 16, 2023