exception

Example Sentences

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Retiree Werner Strub agreed that "the conditions are so unusual that you can make an exception, because hospitals are full of people with fractures."

From Barron's

His full or partial exceptions have since included bananas, coffee, cocoa, jet engines and rare-earth minerals.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Hawaii politicians have, with a few exceptions, tended to be kind of low-drama dealmakers, not the sort who attract national attention,” Moore said.

From Los Angeles Times

But if the men’s team — which the exception of Ruohonen — is young, the U.S. women have brought a lot of experience with them to Cortina.

From Los Angeles Times

Perhaps it is more the case that, other than a few exceptions, it has never really been anything special.

From BBC