female

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She's nominated in this year's Actor Awards - formerly known as the Screen Actors Guild Awards - for best female in a supporting role.

From BBC

It also said that when considering diversity, the BBC tends to concentrate on race, disability - though still not to an "adequate" level - and, "to some extent", female representation.

From BBC

The male is 16 feet long; the female, more than 20.

From The Wall Street Journal

"But body condition is only one piece of the puzzle. Other recent research on these bears found that more ice-free days reduced survival in cubs and in subadult and old females."

From BBC

The hearing was shown a note from a detective which said "the claimant had used force which was proportionate and necessary in the circumstances in the defence of himself and the female passenger".

From BBC