save for
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: not including (someone or something) : except for (someone or something)
The park was deserted save for a few joggers.
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And in 2024, Oppenheimer almost had it all, save for the WGA adapted screenplay award, which went to American Fiction.
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Beatrice Verhoeven, HollywoodReporter, 21 Dec. 2025
With Aera, all the pieces of the zero-emissions superyacht puzzle seem to be in place—save for the last.
—Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 20 Dec. 2025
Over half of parents (54%) don’t save for Christmas year-round.
—Sarah Scott, Parents, 20 Dec. 2025
And managed to wrecking-ball the entire operation, plus piss off all their Paris clients (save for Antoine), and forever destroy the sanctity of Solitano.
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2025
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Beatrice Verhoeven, HollywoodReporter, 21 Dec. 2025
With Aera, all the pieces of the zero-emissions superyacht puzzle seem to be in place—save for the last.
—Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 20 Dec. 2025
Over half of parents (54%) don’t save for Christmas year-round.
—Sarah Scott, Parents, 20 Dec. 2025
And managed to wrecking-ball the entire operation, plus piss off all their Paris clients (save for Antoine), and forever destroy the sanctity of Solitano.
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2025
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“Save for.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/save%20for. Accessed 22 Dec. 2025.
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