Tex.
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Texan.
Tex.
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noun
Etymology
Origin of tex
C20: from French, from textile textile
Example Sentences
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The Centuries, a tanker carrying about two million barrels of Venezuelan oil, was seized last week and is now headed toward Galveston, Tex., where its oil will be unloaded, officials said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 25, 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
Bad Bunny’s headlining gig — announced during halftime of Sunday’s Packers-Cowboys match-up at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Tex. — follows Kendrick Lamar’s performance at this past February’s Super Bowl LIX.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2025
Among large counties, Kaufman County, Tex., a booming exurb of Dallas, had the nation’s fastest-growing Black population, growing by 21 percent — over 6,000 residents — between 2021 and 2022.
From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2023
“Pretty fancy,” he said, “but it’s too late for fancy, Tex. Now it’s time for hardball.”
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
“Tex,” on the other hand, is a rich tex.
From Slate ● Mar. 24, 2019
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
As a Hong Kong tex tile manufacturer says: "We know we cannot just flood the world, but we do think we should be entitled to a fair share of the annual growth."
From Time Magazine Archive
He has achieved a book that has the tex ture of velvet and the rigor of bright iron.
From Time Magazine Archive
This part of the tex, my brethering, is another figger of speech, and isn't to be taken as it says.
From Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive by Burnett, Alf
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