exempt
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Numerous qualifying food imports — including coffee, tea, cocoa, spices, bananas, oranges, tomatoes and beef — are exempt from tariffs.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026
No one is exempt from consumer tech’s sway.
From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2026
At Tuesday’s oral argument, the liberal justices were very concerned about the consequences of creating a special rule that allows religious groups to be broadly exempt from antidiscrimination laws.
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026
If the companies building and selling AI have to rethink their revenue, structure and workforce, no one else is exempt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
That request had peeved Dad, who claimed that we Oregonians suffer eight months of rain a year and should be exempt from ever worrying about water conservation.
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
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State law exempts newspapers and other traditional media from campaign expenditure reporting requirements for the content they publish “in the regular course of publication or broadcasting.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Within AGOA, Washington exempts South African cars from customs duties.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
However, industry leaders say any form of tax rise that hits UK banks and exempts foreign banks' operations in the UK would be hard to square with the government's push to back British business.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
But the new Senate Bill 186 enhances refundability for the industry and exempts independent productions from the credit limits, starting next year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
This will furnish, according to the Secretary’s estimate, 500,000, after deducting the exempts.
From A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by John Beauchamp Jones
More importantly, it also prohibits new state taxes from being exempted from a voter-approved state spending limit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
The agencies exempted 13.4 billion gallons of gasoline and diesel from the program.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Newsom had a solution: A budget bill that exempted correctional facility closures from the environmental review process.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
But his first Administration exempted Canada and Mexico to mitigate the damage to downstream U.S. users in manufacturing and construction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Although he was exempted from the rules against rudeness, he was aware that this was a rude question.
From "The Giver" by Lois Lowry
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Earlier this month, the Ministry of Justice warned that exempting any more prisoners risked "prisons reaching capacity and collapsing".
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
Barely half of borrowers made even a single payment last year, mostly because their earnings fell below the repayment threshold, exempting them from repaying at all.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
The researchers suggested each local groundwater agency identify the smaller farmers, consider exempting those that use minimal water and set fees in a tiered system that allows growers who pump less to pay less.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
There have also been discussions about exempting elements of social media deemed less harmful.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
There’s practically nothing even in the room; it’s mostly open space, exempting the shelves.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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