1
as in objected
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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as in excluded
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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Recent Examples of excepted
Minnesota is excepted to have a few more openings for high school players in this recruiting cycle and offensive line slots have vacancies.
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Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 27 Oct. 2025
Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 27 Oct. 2025
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The two lobby groups had strongly objected to the original tariffs and urged the Italian government to intervene.—
Michelle L. Price,
Fortune,
2 Jan. 2026
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Unsatisfied with SpaceX's progress, acting agency administrator Sean Duffy announced in October that NASA was considering reopening the HLS contract to other bidders, including Blue Origin, who objected to Starship's selection over their Blue Moon lander, which is originally slated for Artemis 5.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
2 Jan. 2026
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Prosecutors will have the chance to question Hale again, and defense attorneys reserved the right to ask for the testimony to ultimately be excluded.—
Peter Charalambous,
ABC News,
7 Jan. 2026
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Just a week before, Hassett had been excluded from a White House meeting in which the president decided to impose higher tariffs on Mexico, The New York Times reported.—
Rogé Karma,
The Atlantic,
7 Jan. 2026
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In the wake of the seizure, Haitian authorities banned in-transit cargo through the Dominican Republic.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
7 Jan. 2026
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All dual-use items are banned from being exported to Japan for military use effective immediately, China's Ministry of Commerce said in a statement Tuesday.—
Josh Xiao Bloomberg,
Arkansas Online,
7 Jan. 2026
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The rightful winner of Venezuela’s presidential election Machado rose to become Maduro’s strongest opponent in recent years, but his government barred her from running for office to prevent her from challenging — and likely beating — him in the 2024 presidential election.—
Regina Garcia Cano,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Jan. 2026
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Online court records show Thornton was sentenced to two years of probation, ordered to have no contact with Karofsky and barred from Dane County, home to the state Supreme Court in Madison, unless his probation agent approves a visit for a legitimate reason.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
7 Jan. 2026
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The trade war also eliminated hundreds of jobs tied to cross-border wine commerce and contributed to a boom in Canadian wine sales, reshaping consumer habits and retail offerings in the country.—
Dave Gordon,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Nov. 2025
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Change is coming The Kansas school is among more than 1,900 public K-12 schools that have eliminated names and images determined to be disparaging to Indigenous peoples of the United States.—
Diana Lambdin Meyer,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Excepted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excepted. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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