There will be no exceptions to this rule.
I take strong exception to your assessment of his singing ability.
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Limited exceptions will be made for good cause, like caring for young children and health issues, but the principle is clear—those who can work, should.—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025 There were exceptions, such as in the underground drag balls that developed out of Black culture and grew in popularity during the nineteen-twenties.—Hanif Abdurraqib, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2025 Not as a token or an exception, but as someone who naturally belongs in these spaces.—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 18 Oct. 2025 Courts undid Nixon’s actions, and Congress eventually passed the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, which outlawed the maneuver, leaving only narrow exceptions — rescissions — that required congressional sign-off.—Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 18 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for exception
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
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
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