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exception

[ik-sep-shuhn] / ɪkˈsɛp ʃən /




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There is one major exception: France’s TotalEnergies TTE -0.01%decrease; red down pointing triangle .

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

However, with strong earnings providing fundamental support, those swoons are likely to be the exception rather than the norm.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

He introduced bills for a clearer medical exception and protection for doctors who intervened in cases where a fatal fetal anomaly risked the mother’s health.

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026

It’s theoretically impossible for all AI-using hedge funds to be above average, once AI becomes the rule and not the exception.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

In a sense, Washington was defending his presidency as an essential exception to full-blooded republican principles.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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