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He then added, unhelpfully, “All English writers are the same; Walter Scott excepted, all lack a plot.”

The Republicans are going to oppose it to a person (well, Mark Kirk excepted, maybe).

No one in America starves to death, or freezes to death (freak accidents excepted).

The plan has flown almost totally under the radar—the odd Paul Krugman column and Economist blog post excepted.

Today he is claimed like no other 20th-century writer—Orwell not excepted—by both sides of the political spectrum.

In the depths of his heart, so hidden from the world, there seemed to be hope for the whole living creation, himself excepted.

Press opinions upon my symphony—Laroche not excepted—are rather cold.

This animal is the largest of all the apes or baboons, the orang-outang excepted.

This sweeping assertion was received with liberal applause by all of his hearers, the impatient customers not excepted.

Very few birds probably ascend to a height of two thousand feet in the air, the vulture tribe excepted.

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On this page you'll find 38 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to excepted, such as: immune, absolved, clear, cleared, discharged, and excluded.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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