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female

[fee-meyl] / ˈfi meɪl /
ADJECTIVE
having the qualities or characteristics of a woman
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK


ADJECTIVE
of the sex that produces offspring
Synonyms
STRONGEST
childbearing offspring-bearing


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Four times female endorsers were left “holding the bag for ads gone wrong.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

Last week, ahead of Tuesday's vote, 133 women from the village wrote to every female Member of Parliament saying "life as we know it will be destroyed" if the plans succeed.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

Host Mariska Hargitay was refreshingly lewd and charmingly self-deprecating as the first female host of the Emmys in 15 years.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 15, 2026

While at the company’s helm, Wilson and Maybank began informally advising female founders of other young startups.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

Modern Spiritualism helped normalize female leadership—advancing the public power and wisdom of women’s voices.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

Nearly the same proportion of White American females over age 50 are affected, particularly those who are postmenopausal.

From Science Daily Sep. 13, 2026

Three days after the Sept. 11 attacks, I walked into my office at an Episcopalian refugee resettlement organization in New Haven, Conn. There sat five females colleagues with their heads covered in hijabs.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

In running distances up to the marathon, there is on average a 10-12% performance gap between males and females.

From BBC Sep. 9, 2026

Most were likely adult males, with no obvious evidence of females or children among them.

From Science Daily Aug. 30, 2026

She heard the low, soft, rhythmic grunts of the females and cooing of the infants, the rumble of the males, with now and then a challenging bark.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer




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