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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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For five months, one group of 20-month-old female mice received semaglutide, while another was placed on a 24% calorie-restricted diet designed to match how much the treated mice were eating.

From Science Daily Sep. 12, 2026

By 2014, she was the world’s youngest self-made female billionaire.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

Pre-orders of the game - which features the series' first female playable character, Lucia and her partner Jason, as the main protagonists - are already thought to have been worth hundreds of millions.

From BBC Sep. 11, 2026

By then she was one of Italy's best-known female politicians and was running high in opinion polls -- with 43 percent, second only to then prime minister Paolo Gentiloni.

From Barron's Sep. 11, 2026

Many other types of fish can change back and forth between male and female.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown

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

"Younger males and females both had more pointed heads, but the head became rounder as the sharks matured. That change was much greater in females."

From Science Daily Sep. 4, 2026

The females are reared to become the next generation of dairy cows, whereas the males are handed over to the care of the meat industry.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari




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