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lower case, upper case X, plural xs or x's
The twenty-fourth letter of the English alphabet, called ex and written in the Latin script. examples
Forming gender-neutral or otherwise more inclusive versions of words, especially Spanish-derived words by replacing both the masculine -o and feminine -a. examples
Alternative letter-case form of X (“intersex or non-binary, in passports and identification documents”) examples
(sometimes humorous) An unknown or unspecified number of. quotations examples
David Cameron gives a Commons statement after every EU summit and normally they follow a predictable pattern; he says that he set out with X number of aims, and then he explains he has achieved all X of them (even if he hasn’t). The most interesting comments normally come in the exchanges with MPs.
2016 February 22, Andrew Sparrow, “David Cameron's swipe at Boris Johnson in the Commons – verdict”, in The Guardian
But chances are that Google will continue to float new ideas before eventually merging the best of them into a single, coherent application, as it did with Hangouts. And then it'll start the process again. In the meantime, Google will spend money developing x number of duplicate apps, and users will have to deal with a confusing mess of applications on their home screens.
2016 May 19, Aaron Souppouris, “Why Google can't stop making messaging apps”, in Engadget
(fandom slang) Used between the names of two characters to denote a ship, particularly in anime, manga, and video games. quotations
If there is anyone in the audience who can't stand someone pushing a Shinji x Rei thing, I know you want to quit on this fic now.
1998 August 31, Greg Upchurch, “[Eva][Fanfic] Aright”, in rec.arts.anime.creative (Usenet)
I'm a fairly big Angel x Buffy fan, though I'm not a particularly big fan of Angel. They just work well together, IMO.
2002 July 7, Arnold Kim, “Re: Favorite couples??”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet)
Tho' my doujinshi is a Cloud x Sephiroth - yes you read that right - Cloud's name is first. ^^!
2003 April 29, sephigirl, “Re: [OT] Character selections was: Re: [POLL] Identification”, in alt.fan.utena (Usenet)
(music) Used in place of and in artist collaborations. examples
(stenoscript) the sound sequence /ɛks/ or /ks/. examples
(stenoscript) the suffix or final sequence /iəs/ (-ious, -eous, -eus) examples
(stenoscript) the suffix or final syllable /ʃəs/ (-tious, -cious, -xious) examples
(stenoscript) the suffix or final syllable /ʃəl/ (-tial, -cial) examples