ex
Example Sentences
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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
“Why’d you stay with her?” my friend asked me about my ex, in one of our many long talks at his house during my time there.
From Salon • Jun. 1, 2026
With an informal arrangement, there is often no immediate remedy if your ex changes the amount overnight.
From MarketWatch • May 16, 2026
Despite what a distressing number of credentialed Americans appear to think, antisemitism doesn’t burst onto the scene ex nihilo with pogroms and Nuremberg Laws.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
One of the main commodities returned on those voyages of centuries ago were travelers’ tales,* stories of alien lands and ex otic creatures that evoked our sense of wonder and stimulated future exploration.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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