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Recent Examples of exception And the latest report confirmed that — with one interesting exception. Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 16 Jan. 2025 The Defense Department, which employs nearly 3 million people, has remained the one exception, given the military does not fall under the purview of the ADA. Benjamin Ryan, NBC News, 16 Jan. 2025 As the first transfer portal window has wrapped – although exceptions are always possible – here’s a full breakdown of the movement in USC’s secondary entering spring, the last in a six-part series examining the post-portal scholarship outlook for every part of the roster. Luca Evans, Orange County Register, 15 Jan. 2025 And some sort of economic recovery, which isn’t occurring with the notable exception of extractivist sectors. Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for exception 
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Noun
  • Despite Magnus’ vehement objections, Agnes accepts an invitation from true crime podcaster Nora Carver to travel to Bifröst to discuss the murders on the anniversary.
    Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2025
  • This pressure reportedly allowed Witkoff to lean on the notoriously tough and canny Benjamin Netanyahu during talks and compel the Israeli prime minister to agree to a deal despite objections.
    Keir Simmons, NBC News, 19 Jan. 2025
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  • Amateur footage near the launch area showed the rocket rise slowly from the tower and perform an ascent phase with no apparent anomalies.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 24 Jan. 2025
  • However, being consistently one of the best teams in baseball year in and year out, yet only winning a World Series in a season where the regular season was of little importance is an anomaly, to say the least.
    Tyler Small, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
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  • For its part, Walgreens has not filed a legal answer to the complaint yet, but did issue a short response denying any wrongdoing.
    Steve Weisman, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
  • At first, the school board reacted to the complaints by saying parents could have their children excused from the class when the new textbooks were being used or discussed.
    David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • In today’s landscape, dominated by NIL deals and the transfer portal, assembling such a cohesive unit from within is a rarity.
    Don Yaeger, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Owing to its format, still a relative rarity theatrically in 2007, the three-hour feature was little seen after its 2007 premiere at the Venice Film Festival.
    Chris Morris, Variety, 16 Jan. 2025
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  • The question is already swirling Dec. 10, 2024 Becerra last week demurred when asked about his plans days after leaving his federal post.
    Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2025
  • These factors call into question whether the opinions expressed in a DOJ brief filed on Jan. 17 captures a viewpoint still shared by the DOJ as of Jan. 20.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 27 Jan. 2025
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  • Chief Executive Steven Powell reiterated in an interview with The Times the company’s assertion that its data showed no abnormalities in the 12 hours leading up to the ignition of the Eaton fire.
    Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
  • There were no abnormalities reported at the Ikata Nuclear Power Plant in western Japan or the Sendai Nuclear Power Plant in Kagoshima prefecture, NHK said, referring to the two plants nearest to where the quake occurred.
    Rhea Rose Abraham, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025

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“Exception.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exception. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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