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At Tuesday’s oral argument, the liberal justices were very concerned about the consequences of creating a special rule that allows religious groups to be broadly exempt from antidiscrimination laws.

From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026

Reddit, which has also argued it should be exempt from the ban, said there was little research on whether certain platforms were safer than others.

From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026

They are not reasons to exempt its sports wagering business from the rules governing competitors offering the same underlying wager.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

Bright Saver is trying to get UL Solutions, the main certifier, to exempt solar kits under 360 watts, which many experts agree produce too little power to endanger the grid or overwhelm a home’s wiring.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

Though I was draft age as the Korean War began, I was exempt from service as long as I was enrolled as a student.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson

State law exempts newspapers and other traditional media from campaign expenditure reporting requirements for the content they publish “in the regular course of publication or broadcasting.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

The bill also exempts certain projects from a set of environmental regulations, a step aimed at speeding up the review and construction process.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026

The aggravated assault statute under which she was charged exempts situations in which displaying a firearm is “reasonably necessary” for self-defense.

From Slate ● Jun. 4, 2026

The current version exempts punishment for legal, healthcare and media professionals who provide medical treatment and other services for gay people, or report on LGBTQ+ news.

From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026

The subject is conceived as a single idea, and so takes the verb in the singular. exempts thee: singles thee out, selects thee.

From Minor Poems by Milton by John Milton

More importantly, it also prohibits new state taxes from being exempted from a voter-approved state spending limit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

None of this has exempted A24 from the hit-driven math of the movie industry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

But his first Administration exempted Canada and Mexico to mitigate the damage to downstream U.S. users in manufacturing and construction.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

The rule previously exempted retailers from paying import duties on packages sent to the U.S. valued at less than $800.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026

I was in intensive care in the hospital and I think the patients were exempted, as the complications of removing us for a practice drill outweighed the benefits.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

But the 57-year-old foster carer also thinks the government can do more to help workers like her by exempting them from council tax.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

“It was about the precedent that would have been set on having people come in and exempting a certain project from the Coastal Act. It would have been a terrible precedent.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026

There were also reports that Portugal and Italy were considering exempting British nationals from EES checks at their airports but the European Commission claimed there were no such plans in place.

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026

Congress in 2024 passed a law exempting some semiconductor projects from the National Environmental Policy Act’s stringent environmental reviews.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

There’s practically nothing even in the room; it’s mostly open space, exempting the shelves.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black