exception
Example Sentences
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The only exception would be if the economy gets hit with a second shock, such as an oil price spike that weakens growth and sparks a recession — but everything has to go wrong first.
From MarketWatch
They can take aim at particular events, goods and materials, and exceptions can excuse particular companies.
California has a number of laws aimed at protecting children’s data privacy, but those laws have exceptions that allow many tech companies to continue packaging and selling students’ personal information.
From Los Angeles Times
The results broadly topped estimates, with the exception of Medtronic’s neuroscience portfolio.
From Barron's
Yeats and Wallace Stevens, wrote splendidly till the end, but they are exceptions.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
