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female

adjective as in having the qualities or characteristics of a woman

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adjective as in of the sex that produces offspring

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noun as in woman

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The animated film tells the story of a hugely successful female Kpop trio, who play enormous concerts at the same time as trying to save the world from evil forces.

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Beth Miller, a veteran Sacramento-based GOP strategist who has worked with female politicians since the 1980s, said women are held to a different standard by voters, though it has eased in recent years.

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The female professional dancers wore black dresses like the film's Wicked Witch of the West, while the men channelled their inner Prince Fiyero.

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Indian politicians and journalists have criticised the government for failing to speak out after female journalists were excluded from a press event with the Afghan Taliban foreign minister in Delhi.

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When you see that so much of female likeability within society is based on how we can make ourselves smaller or not be as great as we are I’m just like, screw that.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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