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Lewis' Danielle Bowden, in the 1991 movie, was harassed and groomed by ex-convict Max Cady (Robert De Niro) as part of Cady's terror campaign against his former lawyer, Sam Bowden (Nick Nolte).
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Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 12 June 2026
Bardem plays the sociopathic ex-convict, Max Cady, recently released after a 17-year stint for killing his pregnant wife.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
Louetta is the first grandchild of both Demi and her ex-husband Bruce.
—Laura Millar, PEOPLE, 12 June 2026
Dad, mom’s ex Joe Giudice, remains in Italy since being deported in 2019 after a 41‑month federal prison sentence for multiple counts of fraud.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 2 June 2026
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Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 12 June 2026
Bardem plays the sociopathic ex-convict, Max Cady, recently released after a 17-year stint for killing his pregnant wife.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
Louetta is the first grandchild of both Demi and her ex-husband Bruce.
—Laura Millar, PEOPLE, 12 June 2026
Dad, mom’s ex Joe Giudice, remains in Italy since being deported in 2019 after a 41‑month federal prison sentence for multiple counts of fraud.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 2 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ex
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The vehicle is one in the same that launched in June 2024 for the International Space Station on its maiden human spaceflight with two NASA astronauts on board.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
25 Nov. 2025
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Major Frank Winnold Prentice was the assistant storekeeper on the Titanic during its maiden (and famously doomed) voyage in 1912.—
Victoria Edel,
PEOPLE,
17 Nov. 2025
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On the other side of the dining room, a swinging door leads to a kitchen with glass-front cabinets and a door to a maid’s room with another bathroom.—
Jesse Armas,
Curbed,
16 June 2026
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Now footsteps are heard rushing up from the floor below, and Varsha is soon surrounded by her aunt’s retinue of maids and household staff.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 June 2026
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But after wrapping up his bachelor’s education at University of Arkansas in 1989 and securing his MBA from the University of Tulsa, McMillion traded the warehouse floor for office cubicles.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
10 Dec. 2025
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His wife, Tressa Kelly, also earned her bachelor's and master's degrees from EMU.—
DeJanay Booth-Singleton,
CBS News,
10 Dec. 2025
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Left to the company of her thoughts and feelings, Pym’s spinster becomes observant.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Nov. 2025
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Vanya is a closeted gay man who shuns intimacy and Sonia is a neurotic spinster who feels unnoticed and unloved.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Ex.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ex. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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