How to Use without exception in a Sentence

without exception

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  • Part of what makes Finkel’s book so much fun is that, without exception, those strategies are insane.
    Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 19 June 2023
  • In the company’s response I was told there are no refunds for the service without exception.
    Matt Novak / Gizmodo, Quartz, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Also, the crushing force needs to be not less than 85 % of the original value in order for the product to be deemed to be suitable for use without exception.
    IEEE Spectrum, 1 Jan. 2019
  • After that, the original and the clone must switch roles every seven days, without exception, via some sort of mystery transfusion.
    Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 21 May 2024
  • Padded heels ensure that these shoes are comfortable straight from the box, while the neutral color options are simple enough to match the entirety of your travel wardrobe without exception.
    Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 3 June 2024
  • The only places willing to accept anyone without exception are the unlicensed hotel rooms.
    Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2023
  • Almost without exception, my older neighbors make eye contact, smile, and say hello.
    Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 11 June 2023
  • Meanwhile, some of Trump’s supporters have been frustrated by the way that courts, virtually without exception, have rejected his claims of election fraud.
    Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2024
  • But almost without exception, these comebacks have ended in disappointment or disaster, in part because the world had changed and prices for crucial exports such as crude oil, iron ore, and soybeans had fallen.
    Brian Winter, Foreign Affairs, 21 June 2022
  • In bringing criminal charges against law-breaking leaders, Latin America is at long last honoring the rule of law, the principle of equality before the courts without exception.
    Ronn Pineo, Baltimore Sun, 2 Jan. 2024
  • The ad published by Griffin's campaign said Durant supports letting Virginia ban abortions without exception.
    Laura Romero, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Almost without exception, countries that are lower on the Human Development Index are lagging in adapting and building resilience to climate risks, largely because of a lack of finances.
    Rob Reddick, WIRED, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Anyone voting in November should remember this: Only one of the two candidates who can win appointed three justices who are willing to let abortions be outlawed without exception and to let a president be king.
    Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 3 May 2024
  • All of them, virtually without exception, are fundamentally selfish and do not respect adult boundaries or adult perspectives.
    Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 28 Nov. 2023
  • The military has also sought to indoctrinate its forces, soldiers said, alternately portraying rebels as disorganized forces that are easy to defeat and ruthless fighters who kill soldiers without exception.
    Rebecca Tan, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Pig-butchering scams are almost without exception run by triad gangs who set up on China’s periphery, where the transnational nature of the crime, fuzzy jurisdiction and venal local authorities make cases difficult to prosecute.
    TIME, 21 Mar. 2024
  • And these Ukrainians have also encountered, almost without exception, unlikely, sometimes uncomfortable acts of solidarity from ordinary Russians.
    Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2023

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