EX Synonyms: 15 Similar and Opposite Words

noun

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as in maiden

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Recent Examples of ex Williams brought with him some of his ex-players, including former Sylmar quarterback Clarence Williams. — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026 While sitting in a playground built as memorial for his dead children, Clancy chokes up recalling recurring dreams of his ex-wife. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 19 Oct. 2026 Daniels will play Raymond Lesko, an infamous NYPD detective, currently working a hotel security gig after being thrown off the force for taking revenge following the murder of his ex-partner, who still haunts him to this day. — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 19 Oct. 2026 Still, RadarOnline is reporting that Meghan is upset by comments from her ex-agent Ari Emanuel. — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 19 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for ex

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So, about a year into his professional career, Brennan had already earned a PGA Tour membership, and less than a year on from that maiden victory, he's earned two more wins.

— Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026
There was a procession to the church of white clad handmaidens (tärnor), star boys (stjärngossar) and gingerbread men (pepparkaksgubbar) with candle wreaths on the maidens’ heads – now battery powered rather than actual flames.

— Natasha Langan, TheWeek, 29 Sep. 2026

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Adelaide said, with a vehemence that frightened Masha, the maid trying to spoon medicine into her clenched mouth.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Oct. 2026
This is the kind of show where an opulent tea party is dramatized not just by many different plates of fancy pastries, fancy wreaths and lots of furniture, but by having all that stuff carted in by a dozen or so butlers, maids and other servants.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 1 Oct. 2026

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After receiving his bachelor’s degree in 1979, Gray returned to music photography — shooting a slew of album covers and, in the early 1980s, serving as Michael Jackson’s personal photographer at a time when the singer was breaking out as a solo act.

— Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
Thirteen years after leaving Davidson College to enter the NBA, Stephen Curry completed his bachelor’s degree in sociology in 2022.

— Preston Fore, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026

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In Wicker, Skarsgård slipped into a much more textured material to play the Wicker Husband of a reclusive spinster Fisherwoman (Olivia Colman), who commissioned a Basketmaker (Peter Dinklage) to weave together her fantasy man.

— Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Oct. 2026
In the show, Bertha (Linda Reiter) is an old spinster and a neighbor of the Borden family in Fall River.

— Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2026

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