exception

The clearest exception was from academia, where a scientist had sued her supervisor alleging that he “deleted her name and presented a paper as his own in a class he taught.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Regents heard that math performance is the exception to otherwise strong academic results among first-year students.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

There is an exception to that new limitation for homes located on agricultural property.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

Amorim used a system without wingers and the squad built as a result – with the exception of Rashford and Amad Diallo – appear underprepared to create chances from out wide.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

Most of the island’s trees were fairly small; the fig was the main exception.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

Many state abortion bans include exceptions for ectopic pregnancies.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

But the feeling that America brought the attack on itself pervaded Europe’s political class and commentariat—with honorable exceptions, including Tony Blair, the U.K.’s prime minister, who forever earned my gratitude.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

“We came across specific requests from county officials like in Yuma, Arizona, asking for exceptions because they needed these workers, they didn’t have enough help.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Those exceptions underline just how extraordinary Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo had to be.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

On New Year’s Eve, exceptions were the rule.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord