lex.

¹

abbreviation

1. lexical.

2. lexicon.

lex

²

[leks]

noun

plural

leges 

1. law.

lex

/ lɛks /

noun

1. a system or body of laws

2. a particular specified law

Word History and Origins

Origin of lex.¹

First recorded in 1490–1500, lex is from the Latin word lēx

Word History and Origins

Origin of lex.¹

Latin

Example Sentences

For community organizer Lex Rountree, "tenants make up 70 percent of New York, so we are the majority."

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"I've lived in New York for 10 years almost. I've always been... not necessarily always struggling, but trying to hustle and get things together," Mamdani supporter and tenant organizer Lex Rountree, 27, told AFP.

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He is a partner at Lex Politica PLLC, which represents Freedom Path in its litigation against the IRS.

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Model and stylist Lex Orozco-Cabral’s full chain-mail headpiece and top caused chatter and gleeful surprise as he pushed the limits of archival.

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Any one of our top four runners — senior Colin Sahlman, who had a laid-back surfer personality and an explosive closing kick; his younger brother Aaron, a junior with huge potential but inconsistent; and twin juniors Lex and Leo Young, the younger brothers of a national champion, who had become stars on and off the track because of their speed and social media presence — could have been the best runner on any other team in the country.

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