without exception

idiom

—used to say that a statement is true in all or almost all cases

Without exception, his books have been widely read and admired.

The critics have praised her films almost without exception.

Examples of without exception in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Of all big-time sports in the United States, college football employs the most caste-like system, where success, money and power has traditionally, and almost without exception, been wielded by the biggest, most tradition-rich football programs and everybody else fights for scraps. —Andrew Greif, NBC news, 19 Jan. 2026

Three Kings Day is celebrated every year on January 6, without exception. —Nadia Cantú, AZCentral.com, 6 Jan. 2026

Every Saturday, without exception, the entire Arnault family gathers together for lunch at the home of Bernard and his amazing wife Helene — all of his children and all of their children. —Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 23 Dec. 2025

The foreigners, almost without exception, refuse to formally abjure Christianity, though that is one way to gain liberty. —Dennis Harvey, Variety, 31 Oct. 2025

Rhymes for without exception

• intussusception
• proprioception
• apperception
• contraception
• interception
• misconception
• misperception
• preconception
• conception
• deception
• inception
• perception