exceptions

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Recent audits show Section 702 database queries have a 98.6% compliance rate, and the exceptions include typos and small errors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

And most of them will be in charge of the same nations that they represented - with some exceptions, like Mauricio Pochettino, who's heading up the USA but played for Argentina.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

In a statement, the firm said “S&P DJI determined that exceptions to these requirements should not be granted solely based on market capitalization.”

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

Last year, legislators passed a new law that requires votes to be tabulated by the 13th day after ballots close, though it doesn’t change the 30-day deadline for official results and provides several exceptions.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

All my evidence would be thrown out of court as irrelevant to the main body of the case, for I could cite only exceptions.

From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin