exception

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We learned a lot from German Wikipedia and Stack Overflow about how A.I. restrictions can be implemented and what constitutes a reasonable exception.

From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026

He said the case fit with an exception for disputes that have no other path to resolution and implicate First Amendment rights.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

With the exception of farmers who own fenced-off fields, the rest must keep their flocks in their pens.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

Holiday programming is an exception: Over Easter weekend, ABC will air Cecil B. DeMille’s “The Ten Commandments,” same as it has almost every year since 1973.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

No one would give him anything to eat—with the exception of chicken broth—since it would be a waste of food.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple