female

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He explains why Meryl Streep’s imperious magazine editor in “The Devil Wears Prada” is one of the few female characters in Hollywood to wear glasses in a favorable way.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

He said 33% of officers are female, "broadly in line with policing in England and Wales", but he told the board he wants that to be higher.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

Through female solidarity, she said with a raised eyebrow and a winking smile, women can “stand up to anything, and anyone.”

From Slate • May 6, 2026

The first occurred earlier in April, when a female patient reported peripheral edema, or swelling in her limbs.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

During the war, he had ferried hundreds of men, and the occasional female spy, across the Potomac River between Maryland and Virginia.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson