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except

[ik-sept] / ɪkˈsɛpt /




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However, Russia does not extradite its citizens, except in extreme circumstances.

From BBC

Since the end of 2025, all of the stocks on the list except for one have risen at least by double-digit percentages.

From MarketWatch

They grant companies exclusive access to specified areas where they can look for "all mineral resources except hydrocarbons and radioactive elements, unless otherwise stipulated", according to the application procedure detailed online.

From Barron's

Medicare doesn’t cover you for emergency hospital care overseas, except in certain extenuating circumstances where a foreign hospital may be closer than a U.S. one.

From MarketWatch

Seeing this as the perfect segue, I told him I, too, was having a baby except I wasn’t keeping mine.

From Los Angeles Times