female
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And to specifically bring it back to Douthat’s dubious query, Diarra — either of them — is precisely the kind of woman who puts the lie to fantasies about female submissiveness.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
Craig, the UK's first female metro mayor, said the city region that had given the world the Suffragettes had "changed the world" and would do so again in the future.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
With rare exceptions, a male may justify his belief in his sex and a female in hers by being aware of their secondary sex characteristics consistent with their “sex assigned at birth.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
The 4-foot-6 female stunt double crushing Matt Damon’s ‘Odyssey’ fight scenes.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
All looked some form of female, and all had the same vivid, earth-rich, ever-growing look to them: rare and bold and wild.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
Nine females and 10 males from Scottish Highlands populations were introduced to the area by the Two Moors Pine Marten Project last year.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
When temperatures rise, the females abandon their pups to hunt for food, he explained.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
"Simon measured the length of their fourth feather, which tells their age, and from the colour of their feathers, if they are spotty they are females and the non-spotty ones are males," she added.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
It occurs more often in males than females, and the median age at diagnosis is 64.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
The biggest difference in their social behavior is that females are dominant in hyena society, whereas males are dominant in the world of the chimp.
From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall
