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Example Sentences

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Treasury prints money — except with better margins and less apology.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

What’s more, SpaceX threatens to overshadow just about any other company that might look to IPO later this year, except maybe for ChatGPT owner OpenAI and Claude developer Anthropic.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

“Research data in the briefs shows that, over the past five years, the number of students experiencing homelessness has increased within every racial and ethnic group — except Filipino students,” the study authors wrote.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

In my experience, it’s a little like getting an incoming call on a vibrating cellphone, except instead of picking up the phone, you are the phone.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

I staked out the dogs, all except Black Star, who curled up at my feet beside the fire I had built.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell