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except

[ik-sept] / ɪkˈsɛpt /




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That normally would have opened the door for his great rival, Alcaraz, except for the fact that Alcaraz was back in Spain nursing a wrist injury.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

We have good banter, but I feel like I have no choice except to move forward on my own.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026

No-one wants to talk politics, except to say that they think the whole controversy has been blown out of proportion.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

That made this an open-and-shut case, except nothing’s ever that way with Musk.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026

And even though there were so many fewer letters after all except the first ones dropped out, the name felt bigger and freer.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison




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