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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No longer are films in languages other than English partitioned from consideration in other categories, save for a few outliers.
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Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 11 Dec. 2025
Nike sued Lotas for his productions, which were nearly identical save for a Swoosh altered to incorporate the Jason Voorhees mask.
—Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 11 Dec. 2025
After Dowding, the ownership trail is largely lost—save for a couple of very brief ownership stints—until Ustinov became its steward in 1951.
—Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 10 Dec. 2025
Illness here is not explicitly seen, so much as felt in echoes and ripples, just as the disaster in To the Lighthouse is never depicted directly save for these brief asides.
—Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025
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Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 11 Dec. 2025
Nike sued Lotas for his productions, which were nearly identical save for a Swoosh altered to incorporate the Jason Voorhees mask.
—Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 11 Dec. 2025
After Dowding, the ownership trail is largely lost—save for a couple of very brief ownership stints—until Ustinov became its steward in 1951.
—Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 10 Dec. 2025
Illness here is not explicitly seen, so much as felt in echoes and ripples, just as the disaster in To the Lighthouse is never depicted directly save for these brief asides.
—Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025
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“Save for.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/save%20for. Accessed 18 Dec. 2025.
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