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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The only exception was April 2 against the Cubs, when Chicago scored four runs in the second inning.
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Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 9 Apr. 2025
The other exception was in 2020, which was a pretty unique situation since the market did not know how to account for a global pandemic.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 9 Apr. 2025
But Tron Lightcycle/Run—a two-year-old ride that simulated the feeling of being on a futuristic, high-speed bike—was the sole exception due to its newness and popularity.
—Jacqui Gifford, Travel + Leisure, 8 Apr. 2025
The world must choose: invest in vaccines and secure a future defined by health, equity and opportunity; or retreat into a more dangerous, more vulnerable age—one where preventable diseases return with a vengeance, and hope becomes the exception, not the rule.
—Mario Jimenez, Scientific American, 8 Apr. 2025
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Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 9 Apr. 2025
The other exception was in 2020, which was a pretty unique situation since the market did not know how to account for a global pandemic.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 9 Apr. 2025
But Tron Lightcycle/Run—a two-year-old ride that simulated the feeling of being on a futuristic, high-speed bike—was the sole exception due to its newness and popularity.
—Jacqui Gifford, Travel + Leisure, 8 Apr. 2025
The world must choose: invest in vaccines and secure a future defined by health, equity and opportunity; or retreat into a more dangerous, more vulnerable age—one where preventable diseases return with a vengeance, and hope becomes the exception, not the rule.
—Mario Jimenez, Scientific American, 8 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for exception
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“Exception.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exception. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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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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