as in girl
a female person who has not yet reached adulthood
she's still a filly, so she has plenty of time to decide what she wants to do in life
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And coupled with Bottle of Rouge’s upset victory Saturday in the Del Mar Debutante – Baffert’s 12th win in the fillies’ 2-year-old championship race – Baffert has now swept the juvenile titles two straight years and eight times since 1996.
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Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2025
In 1988 his filly Winning Colors became only the third filly to win the Kentucky Derby.
—Neil Milbert, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2025
That was Nellie Morse in 1924, one of just six fillies to capture the Triple Crown’s second jewel.
—Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 17 May 2025
On Sunday, March 2 the fine 3-year-old fillies will challenge for a spot in the Kentucky Oaks with the feature Race 6 Santa Ysabel Stakes.
—Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
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Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2025
In 1988 his filly Winning Colors became only the third filly to win the Kentucky Derby.
—Neil Milbert, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2025
That was Nellie Morse in 1924, one of just six fillies to capture the Triple Crown’s second jewel.
—Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 17 May 2025
On Sunday, March 2 the fine 3-year-old fillies will challenge for a spot in the Kentucky Oaks with the feature Race 6 Santa Ysabel Stakes.
—Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for filly
Noun
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At age 15, she was shot in the face by the Taliban for advocating for girls' education in her home country of Pakistan.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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At the absolute minimum, Prince Andrew and others in Epstein’s orbit showed a pathological incuriosity about the young girls who surrounded him—and that is stretching good faith to its very limit.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
25 Oct. 2025
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Hear ye, hear ye, good lords and lasses!—
Teri Sforza,
Oc Register,
22 Oct. 2025
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The hotel is made entirely out of ice and snow, and drinks are served out of ice lasses.—
Jason Mastrodonato,
Mercury News,
24 Aug. 2025
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“Filly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/filly. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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