ex-president
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of ex-president
An Americanism dating back to 1790–1800
Example Sentences
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Two other opposition forces -- ex-president Robert Kocharyan's "Armenia" alliance and the Prosperous Armenia party -- also cleared the electoral threshold to get into parliament, winning 9.9 percent and four percent of the vote, respectively.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
Victims' families protested in front of the Navy buildings in the city after it was revealed Argentina's ex-president Mauricio Macri had ordered illegal surveillance on them.
From Barron's • Mar. 3, 2026
Earlier this month, Mayweather sued Showtime and its ex-president Stephen Espinoza, alleging that they conspired with Mayweather’s former manager Al Haymon to divert a large chunk of his earnings.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026
Andrew’s hobnobbing with relatives of former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and Tunisia’s ex-president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, who was ousted during a popular uprising, raised questions from concerned lawmakers in Britain’s parliament.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026
And that was precisely why the danger-loving, thrill-seeking ex-president of the United States wouldn’t be able to resist.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
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