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noun

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as in maiden

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Recent Examples of ex In an Instagram post, Hochstein reflected on her life since splitting from ex-husband Lenny Hochstein in 2022 and the dismissal of her recent felony case. — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 29 July 2026 Patrick Clancy testified Monday that his ex-wife had been prescribed numerous psychiatric medications in the months before the deaths of their three young children. — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2026 The museum even has its own board of advisers, including Hugh Marlais Davies, past director of the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, and artist and ex–Museum of Modern Art curator Robert Storr. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 29 July 2026 The broadcast featured longtime play-by-play man John Forslund, broadcast hosts Adnan Virk and Andi Petrillo, and a rotating cast of analysts including ex-NHLers Jody Shelley and Thomas Hickey, and former women’s hockey star Blake Bolden. — Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 28 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for ex

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Lucknow Super Giants quick Mohsin Khan conceded just two runs in 12 balls against Sooryavanshi, dismissing him twice and even bowling a maiden over.

— Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 24 July 2026
The heartbreak of falling just short of her maiden maiden title was visibly heavy on Muchová during the trophy ceremony.

— Wayne Sterling, CNN Money, 11 July 2026

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The freshman four-year graduation rate is the percentage of undergraduate students who entered the university as freshmen and completed their bachelor’s degree within four years.

— Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 22 July 2026
Stock image The bachelor’s degree has been one of the most successful social inventions in modern history.

— David Rosowsky, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

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The cast’s sole survivor is Jessica Hecht, who pours miraculous warmth and complexity into her faintly insulting role as Colleen, the head teller, a morally upright spinster goosed by her flirtation with Sonny and the spotlight.

— Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2026
There would be some updates—instead of a spinster, my protagonist, Clemence Lathbury, is a divorcee.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Mar. 2026

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