exceptions
Example Sentences
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While that’s the usual reaction, there are exceptions.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026
All employees will be automatically enrolled, external in a workplace pension if they are aged 22 or above and earn over £10,000, although there are exceptions.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
How much was actually paid down can usually only be estimated, though there are exceptions.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
What remained unclear was whether these examples represented rare exceptions or pointed to a much broader rule.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
For it would seem that a certain category of exceptions never failed to make the world worse—that category, precisely, for whom power is more real than love.
From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin
