exempt
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The sanctions freeze the designated entities' assets under US jurisdiction and generally prohibit US individuals and businesses from conducting transactions with them, unless authorised or exempt.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
You pay federal ordinary income taxes on the interest upon redemption, but that interest is exempt from state and local income taxes.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026
Raman tried to exempt newly built apartment complexes, but her proposal fizzled out in the City Council.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
"Choosing Shell does not exempt the other companies from being prosecuted in the near future."
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
Numerous researchers had appealed to HEW, asking that collection of blood and tissues be exempt from the new law.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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The order exempts stops at ports of entry, checkpoints and other functional equivalents of the border.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 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
The aggravated assault statute under which she was charged exempts situations in which displaying a firearm is “reasonably necessary” for self-defense.
From Slate ● Jun. 4, 2026
“Mr Rivers holds a protection which at my instance was granted to him by the President, which exempts him from all interference on the part of the military authorities.”
From Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand by H.C. Adams
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 order specifically exempted programs with preferences for U.S. military veterans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 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
The rule previously exempted retailers from paying import duties on packages sent to the U.S. valued at less than $800.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
But Nathan had always been exempted, as an indispensible worker—not for the Lord, but for King Cotton.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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The paper says Burnham is considering exempting care workers from a proposal to extend the qualifying period for claiming indefinite leave to remain from five years to 15 years.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
To solve this problem, Bauer-Kahan put an entertainment industry exception in the bill, exempting “printers manufactured for and sold exclusively to entertainment industry stagecraft and propmaking studios” from the software requirement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026
Berlin has earmarked hundreds of billions of euros for rearmament over the coming decade, exempting most defence spending from strict constitutional borrowing limits.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
Congress in 2024 passed a law exempting some semiconductor projects from the National Environmental Policy Act’s stringent environmental reviews.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 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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