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Examples of except in a Sentence
The stores will be open daily except Sundays.
the store is open daily except Sundays
First Known Use of except
14th century
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Definition of except
Examples of except in a Sentence
Children were excepted from the study.
I must except to your remark that there are no great novelists currently living.
Recent Examples of except from the Web
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Excepting a catastrophic plane vs. crowd incident in Reno, Nev., that killed 11 people in 2011, the newspaper reported, most years see between one and three deaths.
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There’s a trade freeze intact now through 8 a.m. Thursday, excepting trades made with the Golden Knights.
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Excepting those of Sponsor, the image must not contain or reference any names, products or services of any company or entity or any third party trademarks, logos, trade dress or promotion of any brand, product or service.
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Their four veteran starters — injured Madison Bumgarner excepted – all are below league average.
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Corruption, bribery, bottomless vanity, sexual predatoriness and incivility to all, excepting those more powerful than you — such are the ways of human nature in the muddy little backwater in which Gogol’s play is set.
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Each episode, excepting the finale, focuses on a particular character.
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Frosted Flakes and Pop Tarts maker Kellogg posted a larger profit than excepted and its stock picked up 99 cents, or 1.4 percent, to $69.93 even though the company’s sales weren’t as high as investors had hoped.
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The vote was unanimous, newcomer Beth Janus-Doyle's abstention excepted.
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Origin and Etymology of except
Middle English, from Anglo-French excepter, from Latin exceptare, frequentative of excipere to take out, except, from ex- + capere to take — more at heave
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excepting
Definition of except
Examples of except in a Sentence
I'd go, except it's too far.
First Known Use of except
15th century
EXCEPT Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of except for English Language Learners
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: not including (someone or something) : other than (something or someone)
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Definition of except for English Language Learners
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: to leave out (someone or something) : to not include (someone or something)
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Definition of except for English Language Learners
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—used to introduce a statement that indicates the only person or thing that is not included in or referred to by a previous statement
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—used to introduce a statement that explains the reason why something is not possible, will not happen, etc.
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