belle

noun

Definition of bellenext
as in peach

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Recent Examples of belle SpaceX being the new belle of the ball will only mount pressure on Tesla, according to Dave Mazza, CEO of Roundhill Investments. — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 22 May 2026 The love story of Kadeem Hardison’s Dwayne Wayne, a Blerd in flip-up glasses, and the Whitley Gilbert (Jasmine Guy), a wealthy Southern belle, still tracks decades after the show signed off in 1993. — Ronda Racha Penrice, VIBE.com, 4 June 2026 The show follows Wiig’s wannabe patrician Maxine Dellacorte-Simmons, who is hell-bent on becoming the belle of 1960’s Palm Beach by elbowing her way into the upper echelons of Florida’s most exclusive beach club, the Palm Royale. — Jack Dunn, Variety, 3 Mar. 2026 Located in the city’s central business district across from Mellon Square Park, this Beaux-Arts belle is a quick ride from the Phipps Conservatory and the Botanical Gardens, and just across the Allegheny from the Andy Warhol Museum. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for belle
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  1. charmer
  2. queen
  3. goddess
  4. fox
Noun
  • Querétaro is a highland charmer.
    — Food Editor, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2026
  • This guy sounds like a charmer.
    — Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 24 June 2026
Definition of charmer
Noun
  • Resting options include double bunk beds in back and queen bed with bamboo mattress up front.
    — Kris Millgate, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • Get a king for the price of a queen, or a queen for the price of a twin, plus a free adjustable base during the sale.
    — V BRAND STORIES, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of queen
Noun
  • To perform a sacrifice in front of a temple so as to influence a god or goddess was not seen as any kind of problem.
    — Merve Emre, New Yorker, 28 June 2026
  • Lagaʻaia's Moana voyages past the reef of her isolated island Motunui on a quest to restore the heart of the goddess Te Fiti, stolen by Johnson's rascally demigod.
    — Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026
Definition of goddess
Noun
  • Rabies is often found in bats, raccoons, skunks, and foxes, but any mammal can be infected.
    — Kelli Arseneau, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • There are numerous color choices, including toffee, fox, mood indigo, soft pink, blue pearl, lava rock, and toasted coconuts.
    — Terri Williams, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of fox

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