Tex.
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Texan.
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Texas.
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Texan
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Texas
noun
Etymology
Origin of tex
C20: from French, from textile textile
Example Sentences
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Kyle and Stephanie Johnson of Austin, Tex., were visiting the French capital with their 7-year-old son when they were told the museum was closed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 15, 2025
In July, Samsung signed a $16.5 billion supply deal with Tesla to make chips at its Taylor, Tex., facility.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 25, 2025
She’d sometimes visit the World Champions Centre, her training facility in Katy, Tex., but that wasn’t unusual because her family owns it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2023
The resultant liquid, called hydrolysate, is trucked to a facility outside Port Arthur, Tex., where it is incinerated.
From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2023
“Pretty fancy,” he said, “but it’s too late for fancy, Tex. Now it’s time for hardball.”
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
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“Tex,” on the other hand, is a rich tex.
From Slate ● Mar. 24, 2019
Even as he spoke, the Government was getting ready to stiffen prices by cutting back one major category of imports: tex tiles.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The U.S. demand for Italian shoes, Pucci pants and British woolens has lifted imports of clothes and tex tiles this year by 18%, to $853 million.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Britain has no complete tabulation of its retail establish ments, France of its consumption of tex tiles, Germany of its volume of advertising.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Now to understand them words perfect you have got to divide the tex.
From Samantha among the Brethren — Volume 5 by Marietta Holley
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