EX Synonyms: 15 Similar and Opposite Words

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as in maiden

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Recent Examples of ex The non-paying Bellum was already under investigation at the time by the California Labor Commission for alleged nonpayment to former workers – including ex-cops and FBI agents who appeared as experts on the company’s shows. — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2026 Kate shares eight children with her ex-husband, Jon Gosselin. — Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026 The new 2026 release is a repeat of the 1999 vintage, but this time it was aged for five more years with a total of 26 years spent maturing in just ten ex-bourbon casks. — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 13 Oct. 2026 Andrew Rannells will also be reprising the role of Elijah Krantz, Hannah’s (Dunham) gay bestie and college ex-boyfriend. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 13 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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Born in Kansas City, Missouri, in October 1980, Piane graduated from New York University in 2003 with a bachelor’s degree in music composition.

— Alicia Urrea, Billboard, 13 Oct. 2026
He was born in in Kansas City, Missouri in October 1980, and graduated from New York University with a bachelor of music in musical composition in 2003.

— McKinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 13 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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