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ex

[eks] / ɛks /




ex-






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The desire for a fresh start came after a legal battle with her ex, Derek Richard Thomas.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Jumping between past and present, the film tells the story of Alex Serian, a cellist who moves to Los Angeles to care for his dying mother and escape an overbearing ex played by Olivia Wilde.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

And just like that first-season turnaround in a pub dart game, where Ted shows up Rebecca’s vituperative ex, Rupert, good old Coach Lasso leaps in to caramelize Alice’s insult into golden, heartwarming sunshine.

From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2026

Alas, right at the film’s finish line, Swanberg backstabs his own commitment to honesty when one of Wendy’s pursuers impresses her with a magical ex machina.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

I’m still fantasizing that a deus ex machina will descend from the heavens to resolve the situation.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed

“Integrating Europe’s capital markets to better channel high household savings towards productive investments in the EU will be essential,” ex- European Central Bank President Mario Draghi concluded in his landmark 2024 report on continental competitiveness.

From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026

The iHeartMedia release added that the ex- “GMA” personalities — who have since been replaced — will work together on additional iHeartPodcasts programming.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2023

An ex- commander of the rebel Free Syrian Army was also sanctioned.

From Reuters ● Mar. 28, 2023

Former colleagues said the ex- Marine Corps officer and former U.S. attorney, who was sworn in as FBI director a week before the 2001 terrorist attacks, is uniquely suited to the task.

From Washington Post ● May 17, 2017

He was starting to ex- plain its destructive power when Kurnakov cut him off.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin


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