exception
Example Sentences
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Tech stocks rebounded yesterday from Friday’s big selloff with one notable exception: a tech giant highlighting its enhanced AI capabilities.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Gold’s counterintuitive performance since the Iran war began is therefore not an exception but entirely consistent with the historical record.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026
"Good neighborliness, respectful relations between nations, and strengthening our political, cultural and trade ties should always be a priority," Sanchez told AFP, adding that Peru-US relations "cannot be an exception."
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
There is one exception: When there is any evidence that a legislature tried to protect Black political representation, you can still win a voting rights case.
From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026
The Dutch are the only significant exception: in the United Provinces the universities were teaching Cartesian philosophy by the late seventeenth century.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing exception
Power Prefix: ex-
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Because of Winn-Dixie
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"The Scholarship Jacket" by Marta Salinas
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