ex
Plural
exes
1
the person one used to be married to or have a relationship with
- My ex and I are on good terms and remain friends after our breakup.
- She ran into her ex at the grocery store, and they exchanged awkward pleasantries.
- He decided to unfollow his ex on social media to help him move on from the relationship.
- Her ex was mentioned in the news article about the charity event they attended together last year.
- Despite being divorced, they both attended their daughter's graduation, showing that they could still be amicable exes.
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2
the twenty-fourth letter of the Roman alphabet
- The word "xylophone" begins with the letter ex.
- Ex is used frequently in algebra to represent an unknown.
- Students learned to write ex in cursive.
- The teacher asked them to identify the position of ex in the alphabet.
- Ex appears in many scientific symbols.
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