excepting

Example Sentences

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That would make India more or less even with other big trading partners, excepting Mexico and Canada.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

His clean-shaven face is ruddy and, excepting a divot between his eyebrows, unwrinkled.

From New York Times • Nov. 5, 2023

He said most of the bloc's 15 member states were prepared to participate in the standby force excepting those also under military rule - Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea - and tiny Cape Verde.

From Reuters • Aug. 18, 2023

The report is due on Thursday and many in Westminster are excepting them to recommend a suspension which would be enough to trigger a recall petition - which would likely lead to a by-election.

From BBC • Jul. 5, 2023

They raced through the reading and by eleven, all the Nolans, excepting Johnny, who was working, were in bed.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith