female
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Minutes later, a senior female officer was sent to escort me out.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Many believe a female short seller in HBO’s “Industry” is loosely based on her.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
Fricker earned the Academy Award for supporting actress, becoming the first Irish female actor to win an Oscar, and Day-Lewis took home the prize for lead actor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
There have been eight female emperors on the Chrysanthemum Throne in Japan's imperial family, whose divine status was renounced after World War II.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
Many other types of fish can change back and forth between male and female.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
Authorities ultimately seized 34 lobsters, including several egg-bearing females, that were later returned to the ocean.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
It arose either directly from species with no parental care or from species in which females already guarded the eggs.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
The researchers, external found differences in a group of androgens – so-called male hormones, which are also present in females – compared with those without the condition.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
An overwhelming majority of applicants were young, with eight out of 10 younger than 45 years old, while 57 percent of the total were males against 43 percent for females.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
An impala buck stepped onto the path far below, turned its head to observe the humans, and led a group of females across to the stream.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
