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Recent Examples of exception Mohamed’s bill would ban large-capacity magazines and semiautomatic military assault weapons, with exceptions for military and law enforcement members who use them for work. Mary Murphy, Twin Cities, 16 Sep. 2025 Ze’ev Jabotinsky was a rare exception. Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025 There are, however, exceptions for students with disabilities who have individualized education programs. Arthur Jones Ii, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2025 The legislation included similar exceptions to the ones in the Polehanki bill. Clara Hendrickson, Freep.com, 3 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for exception
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Noun
  • Participants met with the Hawks’ sales leadership for two hours every Friday, with lessons covering scheduling appointments, working through objections, and using and developing sales scripts.
    Ryan Stowers, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Nearly every question and observation drew objections from prosecutors.
    Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Set up pipelines where human feedback is swiftly incorporated into model retraining or anomaly rules.
    Christer Holloman, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Kansas City is an anomaly, as was New England (with Tom Brady and Bill Belichick).
    Mike Sando, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Participating buyers agree to purchase produce from farms that adhere to the program’s stringent set of protections for workers, let workers be informed about their rights by the CIW and allow independent auditors to investigate complaints from their fields.
    Max Blau, ProPublica, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Penske’s complaint argues that practice isn’t a fair exchange and has caused significant financial harm, with the company’s affiliate revenue falling by more than a third (as a result of Google’s AI Overviews co-opting traffic that might have otherwise gone to Penske outlets).
    Andy Meek, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But the rarity or fluky quality of an accomplishment only gives it so much staying power.
    Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The package will contain a new Dolby Atmos Mix of the album, nine studio rarities, and 16 songs recorded at the Los Angeles Sports Arena on April 26, 1975.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The question isn’t only for the Emmys.
    Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • At the plaza, Seth Teasdale was nearby as Kirk flung some caps into the crowd, then settled into his seat under the canopy to take questions.
    Rick Jervis, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Eventually, approximately 30% of patients develop serious cardiac complications such as cardiomyopathy, heart rhythm abnormalities, or heart failure.
    Matthew Binnicker, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The proud mom welcomed Jones, who was born with Down syndrome and a rare congenital colon abnormality, in August 2022.
    Hannah Sacks, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025

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“Exception.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exception. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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