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Examples of exception in a Sentence
There will be no exceptions to this rule.
I take strong exception to your assessment of his singing ability.
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In recent decades, news outlets have typically called the presidential race late on election night or the morning after, with two notable exceptions.
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Rachel Barber, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Nov. 2024
So, with the notable exception of Bouchard as sheriff, Democratic incumbents had strong leads in their bids to return to countywide offices.
—Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024
There was one notable exception: Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne, a Republican, got kicked out of a voting center at Paradise Valley Community College in Phoenix for crossing the 75-foot line that marks the campaigning limit.
—Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 6 Nov. 2024
The polls on the East Coast will close first, and results there should come most quickly, although there are exceptions to the rule.
—The Hill Staff, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
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Rachel Barber, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Nov. 2024
So, with the notable exception of Bouchard as sheriff, Democratic incumbents had strong leads in their bids to return to countywide offices.
—Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024
There was one notable exception: Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne, a Republican, got kicked out of a voting center at Paradise Valley Community College in Phoenix for crossing the 75-foot line that marks the campaigning limit.
—Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 6 Nov. 2024
The polls on the East Coast will close first, and results there should come most quickly, although there are exceptions to the rule.
—The Hill Staff, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
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exception
noun
ex·cep·tion
ik-ˈsep-shən 
1
: the act of excepting : exclusion
it's all here, with the exception of the sweater
2
: a case where a rule does not apply
we'll make an exception this time
3
: an objection or a ground for objection
took exception to the remark
Legal Definition
exception
noun
ex·cep·tion
1
: something that is excepted or excluded
especially
: a situation to which a rule does not apply
the Supreme Court shall have appellate jurisdiction, both as to law and fact, with such exceptions, and under such regulations as the Congress shall make —U.S. Constitution art. III
U.S. Constitution art. III 2
: an act of excepting
especially
: exclusion of a section of real property from a conveyance compare reservation
3
: a usually written objection especially to a judge's ruling
filed an exception raising a question regarding jury instructions
—used especially in equity proceedings
see also bill of exceptions at bill sense 3a
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