exception
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An exception is allowed for companies that can prove they have used their name for a long time.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
One notable exception: Computer software prices rose 17.4% from a year earlier, the largest such increase on record, likely reflecting the widespread adoption of AI tools.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
The one major exception is north-west Scotland where most areas have seen 40% or more of their normal monthly rainfall.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Widespread heat advisories have been issued for much of the region through Friday, with the exception of beach cities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
But mostly they took exception to his Copernicanism.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
According to Kavanaugh, even Wong Kim Ark’s closed set of constitutional exceptions can be expanded to apply “to new circumstances” based on subsequent developments “largely unknown or unanticipated” by the Framers of the 14th Amendment.
From Slate ● Jul. 15, 2026
Elsewhere in Latin America, only human witnesses are allowed, although Argentina and Mexico have made a few exceptions.
From Barron's ● Jul. 12, 2026
Disney’s live-action remakes have largely been box-office boons for the company, with a few exceptions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
There are limited exceptions to that rule — if the collector, for example, reasonably believes the earlier information was incomplete or inaccurate.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
The 586th Regiment was kept so busy that almost every single one of its aircraft was in the sky on the morning of March 19, 1943—with two exceptions.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
Vocabulary lists containing exception
Power Prefix: ex-
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