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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Assets left running for legitimate business reasons can be tagged with exception authorizations.
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Bojan Ilic, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
In recent decades, capital punishment has been abandoned or outlawed in most modern nations, the exceptions being countries like Cuba, China, North Korean, Iran — and the United States of America.
—Thomas Wenski, Sun Sentinel, 13 July 2025
For the most part, every movie that DiCaprio is in is a DiCaprio movie, with a few exceptions — namely his team-ups with directors whose films are events in their own right, such as Quentin Tarantino and Christopher Nolan.
—Derek Lawrence, EW.com, 13 July 2025
So far in Boulder, immigration authorities have largely complied with writs to produce defendants for state court hearings with just a handful of exceptions, said Michael Dougherty, the Boulder County district attorney.
—Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 13 July 2025
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Bojan Ilic, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
In recent decades, capital punishment has been abandoned or outlawed in most modern nations, the exceptions being countries like Cuba, China, North Korean, Iran — and the United States of America.
—Thomas Wenski, Sun Sentinel, 13 July 2025
For the most part, every movie that DiCaprio is in is a DiCaprio movie, with a few exceptions — namely his team-ups with directors whose films are events in their own right, such as Quentin Tarantino and Christopher Nolan.
—Derek Lawrence, EW.com, 13 July 2025
So far in Boulder, immigration authorities have largely complied with writs to produce defendants for state court hearings with just a handful of exceptions, said Michael Dougherty, the Boulder County district attorney.
—Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 13 July 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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