EX Synonyms: 15 Similar and Opposite Words

noun

Definition of ex

as in maiden

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Recent Examples of ex Prosecutors say Matthew Exton tried to shoot his ex-wife on April 11, 2025, at Sabira restaurant in downtown Toledo. — Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 9 Sep. 2026 Angelina Jolie is ready for a new chapter overseas following the end of her custody agreement with ex-husband Brad Pitt. — Lara Walsh, InStyle, 9 Sep. 2026 And in North Carolina, a police officer was charged with unlawfully accessing computers after allegedly using her department’s license plate reader system to look up the vehicle of her boyfriend’s ex-wife 31 times, including twice while off duty. — Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2026 One woman, a sheriff’s deputy in Wisconsin who requested anonymity, told The Washington Post that her ex, a colleague, searched her license plate over a dozen times a day. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 8 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for ex

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Both were wins, a maiden-breaking score at seven furlongs (3/4 of a mile) at Churchill Downs on June 7, 2026 and a valiant win by a neck in the mile and a sixteenth Indiana Derby on July 11.

— Danny Brewer, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Ritual gifts include incense, flowers, perfume, cosmetics and soap, which Hor said are believed to bring beauty and charm after being blessed by the cowherd and seven maidens.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of maiden

Noun

Ella Beatty plays the daughter of a well-to-do New England family who develops a close relationship with her maid after abuse from her parents.

— Erin Jensen, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
Creative liberties include a romance between Borden and the family’s live-in maid, Bridget Sullivan (Vicky Krieps).

— David Faris, TheWeek, 3 Sep. 2026

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Like others without legal status, Rizo was ineligible for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and relied on state education assistance programs to earn a bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois Chicago in 2022.

— Kate Perez, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026
Nearly 70% of workers in high-exposure jobs hold a bachelor’s degree, versus about 10% in low-exposure work.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026

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At age 37, Abby was considered a spinster, and her social class was well below that of her husband.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 4 Sep. 2026
After deliberating for just over an hour, the all-male, white, Protestant jury unanimously decided that 32-year-old spinster Borden didn’t commit a brazen daytime double homicide.

— Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 4 Aug. 2026

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