Finance. without, not including, or without the right to have.
ex interest; ex rights.
Commerce. free of charges to the purchaser until the time of removal from a specified place or thing.
ex ship; ex warehouse; ex elevator.
(in U.S. colleges and universities) from, but not graduated with, the class of.
ex '47.
examination.
examined.
example.
except.
exception.
exchange.
excursion.
executed.
executive.
express.
extra.
out of; outside of; from
exclosure
exurbia
former
ex-wife
finance not participating in; excluding; without
ex bonus
ex dividend
ex rights
commerce without charge to the buyer until removed from
ex quay
ex ship
ex works
informal (a person's) former wife, husband, etc
short for examination
First recorded in 1835–45; from Latin; see ex- 1
First recorded in 1820–30; by shortening
First recorded in 1920–25; by shortening
< Latin, combining form of ex, ē (preposition) out (of ), from, beyond
From Greek combining form of ex, ek, “out (of), from, beyond”; see ec-, ex- 1
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After an ex blocks them by phone and on social media, they can still send a one-cent transfer with a short message begging for forgiveness in the transaction description.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
"Also the movie is saying sometimes it's better not to stay in the relationship," said Wilde, who has two children with her ex, actor Jason Sudeikis, and dated singer Harry Styles.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
She told me her ex was a public defender, and he had shared stories about the lives people carry beneath the facts of their cases.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
“Why’d you stay with her?” my friend asked me about my ex, in one of our many long talks at his house during my time there.
From Salon ● Jun. 1, 2026
The happy end brought about by a divinity, the deus ex machina, is a common device with Euripides alone of the three tragic poets.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
It added it would have a long bonnet to give it a "torpedo-shaped form", drawing inspiration from the company's experimental cars of the 1920s, known as EX models, and the Art Deco era.
From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2026
The mission's ability to measure the polarization of X-rays allowed astronomers to closely examine EX Hydrae, a type of system known as an intermediate polar.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 8, 2026
He tells me it is my job to work it out with his EX.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 6, 2022
The electrode potential of a half-cell, EX, is the cell potential of said half-cell acting as a cathode when connected to a SHE acting as an anode.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
Single seater duplicate of EX except fitted with a single propeller only.
From Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1913 by Various
“Integrating Europe’s capital markets to better channel high household savings towards productive investments in the EU will be essential,” ex- European Central Bank President Mario Draghi concluded in his landmark 2024 report on continental competitiveness.
From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026
The five included two key figures from the Jeremy Corbyn era – ex- director of communications Seumas Milne and Mr Corbyn’s former chief of staff Karie Murphy.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2024
“What lamentable comments from the ex- president!” tweeted Luis Carlos Ugalde, who served as president of Mexico’s Federal Election Institute during part of Fox’s presidential term.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2023
An ex- commander of the rebel Free Syrian Army was also sanctioned.
From Reuters ● Mar. 28, 2023
Palmares was just the most visible example of the maroon communities that ex- isted in all the sugar lands.
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
“And weird that you’re friends with your ex. Why do you need so much male attention? It’s a huge red flag. I mean, haven’t you seen ‘When Harry Met Sally’?
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2024
“On the outside world, I would never date a friend’s ex. I would never befriend your ex.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2023
“A lot of people I’ve talked to are saying this reminds me of my ex. This reminds me of how my ex responded to the breakup,” she said.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 13, 2022
Melania responded with a statement including the lines: "There is clearly no substance to this statement from an ex. Unfortunately only attention seeking and self-serving noise."
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2017
Finely illus. by O. Speckter. 50c.; ex. glt.
From The Youth's Coronal by Gould, Hannah Flagg
Ex.: “...then my roommate walked in and he... etc.”
From Slate ● Jun. 20, 2016
The first: "A bone of him shall not be broken," is merely the prescription with regard to the Paschal lamb, Ex. xii.
From Supernatural Religion, Vol. III. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation by Cassels, Walter Richard
As this is a case of a married woman living in her father's house, Ex. xxii.
From The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia by Pinches, Theophilus Goldridge
Did the whole text of Ex. xx. 2-17 stand on the tables of stone?
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various
It was published at Manila 1877–1883 for the friars of St. Augustine under the direction of H. Ex. the late Sebastiano Vidal y Soler, assisted scientifically by the able botanists, the Rev. Fathers Fr.
From Some notes on the bibliography of the Philippines by Middleton, Thomas Cooke
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