exceptions

Example Sentences

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Also, he noticed, the marketing he saw generally “paid only the visual equivalent of lip service to diversity,” with some exceptions.

From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026

The council said it had decided people selling cakes in this way fell under its street trading policy, and while it is aimed mostly at bigger businesses, it cannot make exceptions.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

Two policies stand out as exceptions, with 81% of respondents in favor of cracking down on human traffickers and 61% supporting the government limiting immigration from countries it deems dangerous.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

Regulators in both the U.S. and U.K. require that anyone engaged in investment banking pass exams and be licensed to work on sensitive, multibillion-dollar transactions, with limited exceptions for clerical work.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

Aristotelians therefore recognize that, in the sublunary sphere, there are no regularities which do not have exceptions; in the supralunary sphere, all is regularity without exception; there are no regularities which apply in both spheres.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton