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[eks] / ɛks /




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"Also the movie is saying sometimes it's better not to stay in the relationship," said Wilde, who has two children with her ex, actor Jason Sudeikis, and dated singer Harry Styles.

From Barron's Jun. 25, 2026

She told me her ex was a public defender, and he had shared stories about the lives people carry beneath the facts of their cases.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 5, 2026

Learning that my very newly ex was on the verge of a whole ass new marriage didn’t make me want her back, but I knew that I didn’t want whatever this was.

From Salon Jun. 1, 2026

For Apple, as for Jobs, the whole episode involved the kind of deus ex machina you could never get away with in fiction.

From The Wall Street Journal May 17, 2026

First about Lee Lee’s ex, because even though she can’t bear to see him, she can’t stop talking about him.

From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson

“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

Andersson-Dubin, an ex- model who previously worked as an internist and is a frequent presence on New York’s society scene, said she dated Epstein “on and off” for seven or eight years beginning in 1983.

From Washington Post Dec. 17, 2021

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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