1
as in objecting
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 excluding
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 excepting
The Atlantic Ocean remains clear of significant severe weather systems excepting a tropical wave in the far eastern tropical Atlantic.
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David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 1 Sep. 2025
Further, the National Retail Federation reports that July’s core retail sales, excepting autos, gasoline stations and food services, could advance nearly 6% year-over-year in July, citing strong summer sales events led by Amazon Prime Day and the pull-forward effect.
—Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 1 Sep. 2025
Further, the National Retail Federation reports that July’s core retail sales, excepting autos, gasoline stations and food services, could advance nearly 6% year-over-year in July, citing strong summer sales events led by Amazon Prime Day and the pull-forward effect.
—Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for excepting
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Rull, the Aviation chief of staff under Director Ralph Cutié, cited those federal rules in objecting to the $100,000 CountryFest expense in the department’s $480,000 promotional budget last year.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
17 Oct. 2025
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Some Republicans, in addition to objecting to restoring tax credits for immigrants with legal presence, also argue that extending the premiums for all Americans would be too costly for the federal government.—
Erin Doherty,
CNBC,
30 Sep. 2025
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The company reported earnings per share of 71 cents per share, excluding certain items, above the 53 cents per share expected by FactSet.—
Fred Imbert,
CNBC,
22 Oct. 2025
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His Cleveland recordings of Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms, and Dvořák rank with the best of the modern era, their transparency and elegance never excluding vigor and warmth.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
21 Oct. 2025
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Outside the facility earlier this month, USA TODAY reporters saw demonstrators peacefully protesting.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
25 Oct. 2025
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Purposefully impeding access to federal buildings and law enforcement is dangerous and is not peacefully protesting.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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This may very well mean that Wentz, who has performed admirably as the starter, could be set to start the next two games for the Vikings barring a drastic improvement of McCarthy's status.—
Reice Shipley,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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Some of the airports cited policies barring politically partisan messaging as the reason.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
17 Oct. 2025
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More than a dozen of this year’s participants were aged 30 or above, after Miss USA lifted longstanding rules in 2024 banning women aged over 28 (as well as married women and mothers) from entering.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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Bovino was accused of throwing at least one tear gas canister into a crowd of protesters the following day in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood, per CNN, potentially violating a judge’s temporary restraining order banning the use of such tactics in the city.—
Dan Gooding,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Excepting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excepting. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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