informal
: best friend
The holiday was a present from my bestie to celebrate my 32nd birthday …—
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One of three childhood friends reunited for an extravagant girl’s weekend, Laurie has contained a simmering sadness and rage since the first episode, when seeing her besties, Jaclyn and Kate, chatting and laughing sent her into a wail of despair.
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 7 Apr. 2025
After reaming her besties out for having not changed at all since their teen years, Laurie reverts back to her adolescent self.
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2025
For more information on these two besties, visit the shelter’s website.
—Tj MacIas, Kansas City Star, 4 Apr. 2025
If the stick started falling, the besties worked together to pick it back up and kept cruising across the field.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
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Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 7 Apr. 2025
After reaming her besties out for having not changed at all since their teen years, Laurie reverts back to her adolescent self.
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2025
For more information on these two besties, visit the shelter’s website.
—Tj MacIas, Kansas City Star, 4 Apr. 2025
If the stick started falling, the besties worked together to pick it back up and kept cruising across the field.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
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“Bestie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bestie. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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