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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The $250,000 Gulfstream Park Oaks (G2) is Race 9 Saturday and seven 3-year-old fillies are entered with a pair of favorites expected to decide the race.
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Jay Ginsbach, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
Race 11 is the $400,000 Fair Grounds Oaks (G2) for 3-year-old fillies with the same qualifying points awarded towards the May 2 Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs.
—Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
There are eight 3-year-old fillies entered for the Kentucky Oaks points race.
—Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
The winner was a 4-year-old filly named Rugelach, and Denman punctuated her runaway victory with one of his familiar expressions.
—Jay Posner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2025
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Jay Ginsbach, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
Race 11 is the $400,000 Fair Grounds Oaks (G2) for 3-year-old fillies with the same qualifying points awarded towards the May 2 Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs.
—Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
There are eight 3-year-old fillies entered for the Kentucky Oaks points race.
—Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
The winner was a 4-year-old filly named Rugelach, and Denman punctuated her runaway victory with one of his familiar expressions.
—Jay Posner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2025
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“Filly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/filly. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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