Examples of ex in a Sentence
Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2023
The party also happened to be attended by yet another one of his exes, Olivia Flowers.
—Jodi Guglielmi, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2023
Choose a comfortable position to relax the anal sphincter (ex: spooning, riding), and start slow.
—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 21 Sep. 2023
While that reasoning was highly disputed by internet sleuths, Jonas might have just been preemptively preparing himself for the inevitable: his two exes grabbing a li’l din-din together.
—Vulture, 20 Sep. 2023
Miranda Kerr is expecting her fourth child, and recently opened up about co-parenting with ex-husband Orlando Bloom.
—Lisa Respers France, CNN, 17 Sep. 2023
The women have all been posting fashionable — and hilarious — behind-the-scenes content from the trip, including a TikTok from Jenner that recreated a memorable interaction between her mom, Kris Jenner, and her sister Kourtney Kardashian’s ex Scott Disick.
—Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 27 Aug. 2023
Instead, Miranda calls Carrie to try to wiggle out of 'The Last Supper' as both her exes are attending — and Carrie refuses to be understanding.
—Keryn Donnelly, refinery29.com, 25 Aug. 2023
Even so, Turner downplayed the significance of the reunion, suggesting his prior experiences bouncing between teams early in his career made the sight of ex-teammates relatively easy to digest.
—Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Aug. 2023
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Word History
Noun (1)
Preposition
Latin
Prefix (1)
borrowed from Latin ex- (before vowels and voiceless consonants), ē- (from *egz-, before voiced consonants), from ex, ē, preposition, "out of, from," going back to Indo-European *h1eḱ-s or *h1eǵh-s, whence also Old Irish a, as "out of, from," Middle Welsh ech, Greek ex, ek, Lithuanian ìš, ìž, Old Church Slavic iz (with unexplained i in Balto-Slavic); (sense 3) borrowed from Late Latin, as in exconsul "former consul," based on Latin ex in the sense "from being, having formerly held (an office)," as in ex assessōre praefectus praetōriī "advanced from the position of judge's assistant to commander of the Praetorian Guard" (Suetonius)
Prefix (2)
borrowed from Greek ex-, ek-, from ex, ek, preposition, "out of, from" — more at ex- entry 1
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“Ex.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ex. Accessed 2 Oct. 2023.
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Kids Definition
ex-
1 of 2 prefixex-
2 of 2Prefix
from earlier ex- (prefix), from Latin ex- "out of, from"
Medical Definition
ex
abbreviation
Legal Definition
ex-
1 of 2 prefixEx.
2 of 2 abbreviationPrefix
Latin ex from, out of
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