exception

Example Sentences

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But individual investors were sellers across most sectors last week, with consumer staples the lone exception.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

But the rules make an exception for investors holding stakes in private-asset funds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

In a season where attacking players have largely not stood out consistently across the entire campaign, he is the exception.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

Nasdaq calls its new float-weighting exception a conservative balance.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

The only possible exception to this rule was the Upper South, to include the states of Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina.

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