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as in novice
a person who is just starting out in a field of activity
although I worked with film for years, I'm just a babe as far as digital photography is concerned
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as in baby
a recently born person
a babe in arms, too young even to crawl
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as in goddess
slang
an attractive woman
a celebrity magazine describing her as "a total babe"
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as in doll
slang
a physically attractive person
an ad for a beach resort depicting tanned babes of both sexes
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Recent Examples of babe
We were inspired by their outrageous VHS cover art that promised epic tales of heroic barbarians rescuing buxom babes from giant monsters.
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Bear McCreary, HollywoodReporter, 7 Nov. 2025
White children and white babes in arms were there.
—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
Their split spurs Alex’s unconventional midlife crisis, one without fancy muscle cars or a hot young babe on the arm.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 10 Oct. 2025
The queen of the blonde beach babes!
—Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for babe
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Chan began as a singles skater and switched to pairs, partnering with Mitrofanov at the novice level.—
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But the harder the novice looks — and the greater the chaos inside them longing for order, even of a diabolical nature — the more clearly the horror will appear.—
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Des Moines birth centers helped deliver thousands of babies in 2025.—
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The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office charged a Santa Monica woman with her baby girl's murder.—
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Last year’s Savage X Fenty’s Valentine’s Day collection featured Rihanna not as the goddess of love, but as Cupid, arrows and all.—
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Brigitte Bardot, the French actress who rivaled Marilyn Monroe as a cinematic goddess for more than a decade, died on Sunday, December 28 at the age of 91.—
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And then there’s Alison’s Isabella Linton, who’s quite doll-like in her candy-pink gowns and bows?—
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Rose also enjoys playing with dolls, carefully giving each one its own name and unique personality.—
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But beginners and intermediates shouldn’t be intimidated; there are plenty of runs suited for those just starting out, and A-Basin also boasts an excellent Ski and Ride School.—
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Or head to a park, George English Park for beginners or Holiday Park if things have gotten serious.—
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If your children do homework at the kitchen table instead of their bedrooms, find a spot to keep school supplies handy.—
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Questioning the powerful influences that oversee and fund what our children learn is critical.—
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Cate Blanchett is the queen of a relaxed, textured bob.—
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In some species, ants restructure their nests to slow the transmission of a lethal fungus and in others, ant queens eat infected brood to prevent the spread of disease and recover nutrients.—
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Fanny and Stella, middle-class lovelies in hoop skirts, engage in a warm embrace.—
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In an early scene, poor Christian attends a dating event, having gamed the system, with his perfect numerical logic, so that all the potential lovelies are lined up at his table.—
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“Babe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/babe. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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