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except

variants: also excepting

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not including

the store is open daily except Sundays

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except

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1 to present an opposing opinion or argument

I must except to your remark that there are no great novelists currently living

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demonstrate

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accept

2 to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of

we'll have to except members who haven't paid their club dues from voting in the election

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close one's doors to

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unban

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except

variants: also excepting

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if it were not for the fact that

I'd go, except it's too far

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“Except.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/except. Accessed 21 Jan. 2021.

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