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The discovery was made in vesper bats, a group that includes more than 500 species living on every continent except Antarctica.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
"For now, they are striking throughout the region except us," Israel Katz told a conference hosted by Israeli media outlets.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
Bessent released a statement that he said reflected the general position of every country present except for China, which he said was unlikely to agree to a pointed statement about trade imbalances.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
We had little in common except the sisterly urge to irritate each other and our daily detente to watch “Saved by the Bell” for an hour after school.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Everybody was running into everybody else, except for Pearl, who didn’t think anything to do with the boys’ privy had anything to do with her.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
Vocabulary lists containing except
Commonly Confused Words, List 1
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