exception
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With a raft of constitutional rights suspended under an emergency decree called the State of Exception, police and troops can detain anyone suspected of gang affiliation without due legal process.
From BBC • Aug. 25, 2024
Often called the Great Exception for its relative wealth and stability in the region, it enjoys a poverty rate around 10 percent and a middle class encompassing more than half the population.
From New York Times • Oct. 5, 2022
According to the Federal Register, the PSA issued a Jan. 11 public notice of its intent to create the “Employee Religious Exception Request Information System.”
From Washington Times • Jan. 25, 2022
However: Exception: Stars purchased on Nintendo Switch™ will only be usable on that system.
From The Verge • Nov. 9, 2021
Exception 2.—A few words ending in e drop the e before a suffix beginning with a consonant: as, judge + ment = judgment; lodge + ment = lodgment; abridge + ment = abridgment.
From New Word-Analysis by William Swinton
Vocabulary lists containing exception
Power Prefix: ex-
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