X
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He revived the idea after buying Twitter and renaming it X in 2022, positioning it as a super-app that could handle communications and financial transactions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
In a statement on X, Samuel said he was "deeply saddened, heavily grieving, shocked and frozen at what has happened and I mourn the loss of life".
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Warner Bros. demanded Russell pare down the film’s most intense scenes yet still slapped it with an X rating in the U.S. and U.K., while other countries banned it outright.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026
In a video posted Wednesday on his X account, Watt said it is “humbling” to be in such a position.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
X = Sam, the first beat and most important moment in music.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
At least one post has since been removed for violating X's rules.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
The Tiny Tim needledrops, an in-universe parody of Adam West’s Batman, the irony of its main character finding fulfillment as a fry cook — it all pointed toward Gen X’s wry, detached view of culture.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
"The approved measures will enable researchers, civil society and the general public to gain more transparency into X’s systems and the impact on users," he added.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
A separate investigation into X’s handling of illegal content and information manipulation is ongoing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
She drew a dotted line between the two X’s.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
“It’s called mano y mano and it’s not always Xs, and O’s. You got to stop the man and guard your yard.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2026
If you have trouble following, there are many Philadelphians who will explain, having had the Xs and Os of the playbook tattooed on their skin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
The TikToks, Instagrams, and Xs of the world would rather nobody be worried about screen time at all, even as a few of those apps allow users to set their own limits.
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2025
It is often called a violent chess match, and if you have ever seen inside a playbook and seen each play drawn up in Xs and Os fashion, you would have to agree.
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2025
She shakes her head and goes back to grading the exams, red checks or Xs next to each question.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
But there are other cases in which scholars can only guess about the origins of x’s role, such as the phrase “X marks the spot.”
From Scientific American ● Aug. 10, 2023
The term tweets will also be changed to "x's", according to Mr Musk.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2023
Nearby in a tent, 30-ish chairs sat on spaced out yellow x’s.
From Slate ● Jan. 14, 2021
Note that removing the x’s from x +x 5 would be like cancelling the 2’s in the fraction 2 + 5 !
From Textbooks ● Apr. 22, 2020
He picked up his pencil and began to try to untangle an equation with unknown x’s and unnamed y’s.
From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins
They imprint certain cabalistic tokens of ownership on the logs,--crosses, xs, stars, crescents, alphabetical letters,--marks respected all along the rivers and lakes down to the boom where the sticks are garnered for market.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 58, August, 1862 by Various
Then follow "the names of those who were served with this writt, and who most willingly obeyed upon the receipt thereof," contributing altogether xvili xs 0.
From Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries by William Francis Dawson
Paide the smythe for making a new clapper for the great bell, xs.
From Notes and Queries, Vol. III, Number 86, June 21, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. by Various
Item for the Tretys of Werre in iiij. books, which conteyneth lx. levis, after ijd. a leaff xs.
From The Boke of Noblesse by Unknown
So he said "Didn't you never correspond with a girl and put some of them xs down to the bottom of your letter?"
From The Real Dope by Ring Lardner
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