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ex

[eks] / ɛks /




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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

You know their favourite restaurant, what happened with their ex and their most embarrassing childhood story.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 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

Remember how Ted’s inability to get over Michelle in previous seasons coincided with the very public, acrimonious conflict between the show’s star and his ex?

From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2026

There’s no need to invoke any special parapsychological abilities; the ordinariness of apparently predictive dreams does not need any ex plaining.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

“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 five included two key figures from the Jeremy Corbyn era – ex- director of communications Seumas Milne and Mr Corbyn’s former chief of staff Karie Murphy.

From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2024

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

He had a representative, an ex- con, who dealt with me, and no one else in my gang.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey


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