How to Use exemption in a Sentence

exemption

noun
  • You can claim a tax exemption for each of your dependents.
  • They were granted exemptions from military service.
  • In 2017, the Supreme Court struck down the exemption law.
    Harriet Marsden, theweek, 3 July 2024
  • The NU Board of Regents plans to vote on the exemption next week.
    From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 23 Sep. 2022
  • The show does not fall under the news exemptions for the FCC’s equal time rule.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 3 Nov. 2024
  • The most recent Supreme Court case to address the exemption is the 1972 case Flood v. Kuhn.
    Matt Ford, The New Republic, 21 Sep. 2023
  • The law contains an exemption for chains that bake bread and sell it as a stand-alone item.
    Fielding Buck, Orange County Register, 2 Mar. 2024
  • The only exemption to the ban is if the woman’s life is in jeopardy.
    Bob Christie, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Sep. 2022
  • Whether or not Novak’s able to gt the exemption before that is up in the air.
    Adam Zagoria, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
  • The White House has said the tariff exemption will serve as a bridge while the U.S. sector ramps up.
    Fox News, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Debate has raged for decades over whether the exemptions are fair.
    Todd Richmond, Quartz, 14 Mar. 2024
  • The exemptions are narrow, critics say, and the penalties are harsh.
    Niha Masih, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The exemptions are expected to cost the state $1 million or less.
    Detroit Free Press, 8 May 2023
  • The only exemption is if the woman’s life is in jeopardy.
    Bob Christie, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Sep. 2022
  • The only exemption is if the woman's life is in jeopardy.
    CBS News, 23 Sep. 2022
  • That meant Bounce would have to close every night at 12 a.m. unless it was granted an exemption from the city.
    Wells Dusenbury, Sun Sentinel, 3 Oct. 2022
  • In extreme cases, the I.R.S. could revoke the group’s tax exemption.
    David A. Fahrenthold, New York Times, 6 May 2024
  • How this exemption for small farms plays out looks different in the country’s dairy states.
    Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 13 Nov. 2023
  • An antitrust exemption isn’t the only way to level the playing field.
    Benjamin Wofford, WIRED, 30 Sep. 2022
  • How and why those exemptions were granted was not defined.
    Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 4 May 2023
  • Playing on a sponsor’s exemption, Sargent is set to tee off in the first round of the Rocket Mortgage Classic at 1:11 p.m.
    Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 28 June 2023
  • That exemption, the court found, favored in-state sellers over those out-of-state—a distinction that isn't allowed.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024
  • Resentment of their exemption has grown as Israeli soldiers fight the war in Gaza.
    Hannah Jewell, Washington Post, 25 June 2024
  • The winner will receive an exemption into the 2024 Charles Schwab Challenge.
    Mark Kazlowski, Dallas News, 10 May 2023
  • The FedEx Cup champion also gets a five-year exemption.
    Doug Ferguson, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2023
  • What happened with Panera and the bread-making exemption?
    Angela Rodriguez, Sacramento Bee, 1 Apr. 2024
  • There are exemptions, and policies can vary from country to country.
    Laura Kelly, The Hill, 2 Nov. 2024
  • The spokesperson didn’t list any exemption to that policy.
    Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 16 Feb. 2023
  • But Bee reporters found in 2023 that few families were using the exemption.
    Lindsey Holden, Sacramento Bee, 8 Feb. 2024
  • The trial in Ada County District Court seeks to clarify the medical exemptions in the laws.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024

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