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Example Sentences

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“It’s like jaywalking — it is clear what the rules are, but mostly people don’t enforce them except for the most extreme cases. Typically, firms have rules on working from home that high-performing employees are allowed to skirt while low performers are held to.”

From MarketWatch

Silicon Valley has stopped talking politics—except for this Google executive.

From The Wall Street Journal

That has been understood to mean that people within the United States are subject to the laws here, except for foreign diplomats and, for a time, Native Americans who lived on tribal reservations.

From Los Angeles Times

“That’s so sweet. They’re all looking upward. Except for Mike, he’s looking straight out. Always so nosy.”

From Salon

It was currently turned off, but the letters were green except for Legendary, which was yellow.

From Literature